Pictures of Pictures

I most certainly do agree with Roberta Smith after reading her article.  She said “The camera is a way of connecting… and collecting fleeting experiences.”  We take pictures of photos so we can share with our friends and people around the world.  Some people might not be able to experience what we can and that is physically seeing a photo in an exhibit or museum so we snap a photo of it and post it on the internet to share around the world.  That might not be the only reason we snap photos of pictures.  That specific photo might be visually pleasing to us and we want to remember what was it that caught our attention when we review the picture down the road.  We want to capture moments in life that we want to remember, because we can’t live in the moment so that’s what cameras are for.  We capture the moments we want to cherish and reminisce.  Personally for me I take photos of pictures or photography in general is because my memory is not very good, and there are moments in my life that I want to remember whether good or bad I get something out of it that helps shape and mold me as a person and that is what photography is about, taking a photo of a moment that you want to revisit at any time just so you can enjoy and recall what happened in that photo and what made you feel the way you do.