Written by: Suprabha Thami - 23043, Grade XI
Posted on: 31 January, 2022
A picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused on to light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally is basically the definition of a photograph. Well I think it is more than just a picture stored digitally. A photograph says more than any mouth can, a photograph that brings back the memories being lost and nowhere to be found and most importantly a photograph can be stored forever with the stories, both told and untold.
Our life is filled with many adventures, journeys and many more memories of all kinds, happy, sad, embarrassing, romantic and many more. These kinds of memories are very special to all and photography is the one single medium that helps us keep it forever. A special place in our hearts for special memories of all kinds. Even if we remember those moments, without a photograph it cannot be completed.
Photography began in the late 1830’s in France. Ever since then photography has been a very important part of our life. It helps us capture memories of all kinds and all times. It helps us bring back memories that were forgotten or were buried deep down. Not only that photographs help us in the truth of the world, realise the beauty of many things and also realise our mistakes we’ve been repeating since long, i.e it helps us reveal the truth of things hidden.
Nowadays photography is also taken as competition. Surely the beauty of photographs is seen through it but the real perspective of photography is fading. People are starting to take photography as nothing but a source to get popularity and money. The memories meant to be captured are instead taken as a picture for all kinds of social media or for blogs, vlogs, etc.
People are starting to forget what it is like to make memories and take the best shot of the memory and keep it safe. If we see, nowadays people don’t even have photo albums or any kind of photo frame with their recent or old memories captured. In conclusion, the concept of photographs should not be forgotten and be used for the purpose of making and capturing memories.
