Week Two:Susan Sontag

As the sun sets: Avon Beach 

“In another version of its utility, the camera record justifies. A photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened. The picture may distort; but there is always a presumption that something exists, or did exist, which is like what's in the picture. Whatever the limitations (through amateurism) or pretensions (through artistry) of the individual photographer, a photograph -- any photograph -- seems to have a more innocent, and therefore more accurate, relation to visible reality than do other mimetic objects.”-Susan Songtag 

        This quote signifies a lot to me, because a photograph resembles much more than just an image. It captures a moment that happened, an event that one can always go back too. This picture was taken on my iPhone over the weekend on my trip to South Jersey. The temperature was incredibly freezing outside, but the beach has always been my favorite place to spend time and relieve stress. Getting a peek at that sunset, and not knowing the next time I would come across it forced me to make my friends pull over in order for me to capture the moment. The sky may never look the same again and I may never be able to get a picture as beautiful as I find this one, but it is the closest memory I carry with me of the beach for now. It is intangible and extremely distant, but it is the only physical connection available to me of that moment. My photography skills may not be advanced, or the camera that was used, and it is just another a picture in my gallery, but I can always hold the sunset and beach in my hands now.