Response to "A Short History of Photography"

“…the most precise technology can give its products a magical value, such as a painted picture can never again have for us.” Pg. 58
• I have often thought about this too. Does a painting have as much magic as it once did? I actually think it does. Photography is a different medium. You can take amazing pictures of course, but the skill that goes into making a realistic painting is astounding to me.

“Physiognomy” pg. 62
• A person’s facial features or expression.

“The amateur who returns home with great piles of artistic shots is in fact no more appealing a figure than the hunter who comes back with quantities of game of no use to anyone but the dealer.” Pg. 63
• Is this true? What if the hunter came back with a bunch of squirrel? I would take the amateur pictures over squirrel.