Photography as Expression

摘要

What is expressive imagery? It is not a technical exercise. It is not a recording process. Instead, it is photography that interprets, rather than describes, what we see to others. It tells a story,rngoing beyond conveying information for its own sake. It often becomes metaphorical. Minor White, perhaps photography's most notable theorist, saw photographs as "outward expressions of inward states." He felt that images are "about not just what some thing is, but rather, what else it is." By expressing our own metaphorical point of view about what we see, we can communicate ideas to others, triggering emotional, intellectual, and imaginative responses.