Impressionism is a style of painting where the artist attempts to produce a painting which depicts the general impression of a scene. A camera, the most crucial part of the documentation process, produces an image which depicts an instantaneous moment in time.
On the Chess park site a culture emerged. Whenever a camera got switched on, certain characters on site would suddenly pick up a tool and pose or become highly animated with the tool while visible within the camera’s field of view. Since no marks are allocated for performing labour, it’s not clear what agenda these characters have. If these particular photos are for personal use, then all is fair and well.
But if these particular photos are made public then they truly represent an instantaneous moment in time and not a general impression of who physically performs on site. That is why I urge everyone to scrutinize photos the same way that art lovers scrutinize impressionist paintings.
On the Chess park site a culture emerged. Whenever a camera got switched on, certain characters on site would suddenly pick up a tool and pose or become highly animated with the tool while visible within the camera’s field of view. Since no marks are allocated for performing labour, it’s not clear what agenda these characters have. If these particular photos are for personal use, then all is fair and well.
But if these particular photos are made public then they truly represent an instantaneous moment in time and not a general impression of who physically performs on site. That is why I urge everyone to scrutinize photos the same way that art lovers scrutinize impressionist paintings.
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