Answer to Question #252166 in Philosophy for CHARLIE

Question

What do you think are the functions of these photographs?

Answer 1

Photographs as arose from developments in technology which allowed photographers to operate their images to fit their creative expression. Photographers are able to considerably change the outcome of an image through choosing various cameras, lenses, film, and the framing and timing of a shot.

The following are some of the major functions of photographs; firstly, photographs play the function to record history, the whole series of past events connected with someone or something. Secondly, photographs connect us to our past; they remind us of people, places, feelings, and stories. They can help us to know who we are. Photographs are also used by people to exert control over their own lives and memories and construct pasts, bursts of photographic activity.