Lies to almost 200 years
Abstract
Photography essentially speaks of the past and the lies of the photographer; representations that have illustrated the world before the action of contemplation and the magic of abstracting part of it in each image made. The approach that the camera captures reality is wrong, since this, the reality, is as false as the fact that the photographed in three dimensions is recreated in a two-dimensional space, likewise, the adaptation that responds intrinsically to the themes and possibilities of techniques, show us an evolution almost upon reaching the extinction of the tangible object of a printed image, however this mutation has allowed democratization in the culture of the image, its diverse uses and its degrees of symbolism and iconicity. Lies that today flood social networks and are shared in every second throughout the world, an invention that continues to convince the world of its lies and create the addictive power of the image.
From black and white to color, from metal plate to paper and today assuming one of the main characters in the digital space.
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