"On Photography" response

In “On Photography”, the author first discusses how photographs related to people. The author provides multiple comparisons between photographs and other mediums such as movies, paintings. The author also introduces both emotional and practical affection that photograph can give to people. Furthermore, some of the social and personal functions of photographs are provided by the author. As a result, photography was treated as “one of the principal devices for experiencing something, for giving an appearance of participation”. Later in this chapter the author also compares the camera with other objects which determines the role of camera in urban world. At last, the limit of photograph, or the limit of the functions of photograph is introduced.