i took it for you. And for every other one like you who'd ever share it with me.
Each moment of my life I experience not only in 3D, but also in five senses—in color. A photo is a second rate recapture of a moment my mind and body still smell/feel/hear/taste/see. Now and again we'll all take that one photo that, years later, will still move us to tears or stir butterflies within us. That, however, is not all photos. Nor is it most photos.
i'll tell you why i take photos: to communicate.
i take photos so that my life and it's experiences become a communal experience. i take them to share. Almost as if the moments of my life become more validated, more real, according to how many people share them with me. If i take a photo and share it with you, then i've done what science has yet to do—i've taken my eyes and let you use them for a moment. Isn't that really what photography is all about?
(and yes that is our bedside clock and yes that is a typical time for party animals like us to finally call it a night)
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