“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” ~John Berger
I believe this quote can't have any more truth to it. Photographs have the amazing power to take us back in time. Paintings come purely from the mind. The real challenge when painting is to break what we have been taught to see, and unleash our creativity on paper. A photograph is a memory, and I don't know why, but I feel as though photographs do tend to have several different meanings when compared to paintings. Photographs or paintings, both are beautiful pieces of art.
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