“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.”~Duane Michals.

I disagree with this quote. I believe that the Michals is trying to say that photographs are impressions of a person’s perspective, but since everyone has different perspectives, no two photo’s will be viewed the same way.

When I look at a photograph, I believe I am seeing everything as the camera sees it. A tree is a tree, an eye is an eye, etc. What I don’t know is the intended meaning behind the image. I may not know what the photographer is feeling or what the subject is feeling, but the image is what it seems to be.

I recently photographed a picture of my guitar. The neck leads into a gap of light between a pair black curtains. This is the appearance. What the viewer may not know is that I was rushing to take the picture just before classes started, or my guitar is very important to me, because someone important gave it to me.