Blog #3

While watching “ways of seeing” starring John Berger I was able to find two things that made me question and inform me on how I look at art. First was how the use of a camera has the ability to change how people perceive things. “ the camera reproduces it, making it available in any size anywhere, for any purpose.” this ability of the camera allows people to see centuries old paintings in a new light. Instead of having the painting in one place unable to be seen by the masses, but know we are able to see these works of masterpiece in our own homes. Which allows the meaning to be transmittable allowing for newer  arguments and discussion. With the ability to make new meanings the camera allows for the painting to be either looked at in greater detail or as a massive landscape. By doing that people can focus on different aspects they might have not seen before.

With doing all of this work the camera has been able to do some significant things. “ by making the work of art transmittable, has multiplied its possible meanings and destroyed its unique original meanings”. The camera has not always done these original masterpieces a service, it can decrease the valued meaning of the original meaning. It allows this reproduction to give art work the ability to used for anyone's purpose. I have drawn from this that the camera is able to capture vintage works of art in new light and pose new thought provoking questions, but on the other hand it decreases the value of the original meaning.

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