“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” Duane Michals
I could not have said it better. I really do believe photography is about seeing something else than just what is on the surface. This is especially important in portraits. There should be meaning in a portrait; the audience should see some type of emotion or feeling in the photo. This can also go for landscapes; it should mean something to the audience and make them think about what the photo isn't saying right away.
The last sentence, "The magic is in seeing people in new ways." This is definitely what makes a photo great; when it says something different than any other photograph. Not only will the photo say something about the subject, but it says something about the photographer too, because it takes creativity, and sometimes a lot of thought, to take a great photograph.
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