1. Why Take Photographs?

2. PURPOSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The purpose of photography is to send a message.
The message might evoke an emotion, tell a story, capture a moment, or tell us about the world.

3. Document a moment in time Fictionalize a moment in time
Why Take Photographs?
Document a moment in time
Fictionalize a moment in time
Artistic Expression
Technological Exploration
Narcissism

4. Documents a moment in time
Capture facts
Photojournalism (inform, record, hold accountable, influence, promote change, promote thought)
Scientific record
Educating, teaching
Sell, advertise (e.g. athletic achievements>apparel)
What the photo includes is important

6. Fictionalizes a moment in time
News, political rhetoric
Excludes facts – remember things as we want them remembered
Propaganda, manipulation
Artistic Expression with a temporal reference (e.g. Madmen)
Sell, advertise (e.g. makeup)
What is important may be what the image includes and/or excludes

8. Artistic Expression Pleasure / personal interest
May invoke a response (intellectual, emotional, spiritual)
Experimentation (what if)
Professional (career / monetization)
Manipulation of the visual medium
Manipulation of the viewer

10. Technological Exploration
Development of better technology, capabilities
Development of improved design/efficiency
Part of a larger scientific study (i.e. developing cameras capable of photographing Mars)

12. Narcissism
Pleasure of taking “home pictures” – seeing self and others that we know (identification)
Personal memories
Not necessarily in negative sense of ‘narcissism’

14. Document a moment in time Fictionalize a moment in time
Why Take Photographs?
Document a moment in time
Fictionalize a moment in time
Artistic Expression
Technological Exploration
Narcissism