{"id":259807,"date":"2025-12-10T21:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dragonstreetphotography.eu\/?p=259807"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:40:23","slug":"photo-naturelle-realite-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragonstreetphotography.eu\/en\/photo-naturelle-realite-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"The myth of natural photography: reality or illusion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-6d04d8a\" data-block-id=\"6d04d8a\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>So-called \u00abnatural\u00bb photography is one of the greatest misunderstandings in the history of the image.<\/strong>. Behind this reassuring word lies a tenacious illusion: that of a neutral, faithful, objective image. (And yet, as soon as you frame, choose a focal length, a light, a moment, you are already interpreting the world, don't you think? \ud83e\uddd0<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-label stk-block-icon-label stk-block-icon-label--use-flex-basis stk-block stk-fb89406 stk-block-background\" data-block-id=\"fb89406\"><style>.stk-fb89406 {background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-5, #e1e8ed) !important;margin-bottom:49px !important;}.stk-fb89406:before{background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-5, #e1e8ed) !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon stk-block-icon has-text-align-left stk-block stk-2ad6c53\" data-block-id=\"2ad6c53\"><style>.stk-2ad6c53 .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child{height:50px !important;width:50px !important;opacity:1 !important;}.stk-2ad6c53 .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child, .stk-2ad6c53 .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child :is(g, path, rect, polygon, ellipse){fill:var(--theme-palette-color-1, #1f093c) !important;}<\/style><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg style=\"height:0;width:0\"><defs><lineargradient id=\"linear-gradient-2ad6c53\" x1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y1=\"0\" y2=\"0\"><stop offset=\"0%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-2-ad-6-c-53-color-1)\"><\/stop><stop offset=\"100%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-2-ad-6-c-53-color-2)\"><\/stop><\/lineargradient><\/defs><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><path d=\"M256 8C119.043 8 8 119.083 8 256c0 136.997 111.043 248 248 248s248-111.003 248-248C504 119.083 392.957 8 256 8zm0 110c23.196 0 42 18.804 42 42s-18.804 42-42 42-42-18.804-42-42 18.804-42 42-42zm56 254c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12h-88c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h12v-64h-12c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h64c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v100h12c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-7ba2653\" id=\"cet-article-nest-pas-un-plaidoyer-pour-la-retouche-excessive-cest-une-invitation-a-regarder-la-photographie-pour-ce-quelle-peut-etre-un-langage-un-filtre-de-conscience-une-traduction-avec-notre-sensibilite-du-reel-et-non-un-simple-enregistrement\" data-block-id=\"7ba2653\"><p class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">This article is not a plea for excessive retouching. It's an invitation to look at photography for what it can \u00abbe\u00bb: a language, a filter of consciousness, a translation of reality with our senses. Not just a recording.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-stackable-table-of-contents stk-block-table-of-contents stk-block stk-346815b stk-block-background\" data-block-id=\"346815b\"><style>.stk-346815b .stk-table-of-contents__table{column-count:1 !important;}html{scroll-behavior:smooth !important;}.stk-346815b .stk-table-of-contents__title{font-size:20px !important;color:var(--theme-palette-color-1, #1f093c) !important;font-weight:bold !important;}.stk-346815b {background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-5, #e1e8ed) !important;border-top-left-radius:5px !important;border-top-right-radius:5px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:5px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:5px !important;overflow:hidden !important;box-shadow:0px 5px 5px 1px #00000040 !important;border-style:solid !important;border-color:var(--theme-palette-color-2, #a6003c  ) !important;border-top-width:1px !important;border-right-width:1px !important;border-bottom-width:1px !important;border-left-width:1px !important;margin-bottom:50px !important;}.stk-346815b:before{background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-5, #e1e8ed) !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-346815b .stk-table-of-contents__title{font-size:20px !important;}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-table-of-contents__title has-text-color\">Contents <\/p><ul class=\"stk-table-of-contents__table\"><li><a href=\"#1-la-photographie-na-jamais-ete-neutre-\ud83e\udd14\">1. Photography has never been neutral ? \ud83e\udd14<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#2-le-mythe-moderne-de-la-fidelite\">2. The modern myth of \u00ab loyalty \u00bb<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#3-le-cadrage-est-deja-une-interpretation\">3. Framing is already an interpretation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#4-la-lumiere-nest-jamais-objective\">4. Light is never \u00abobjective\u00bb<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#5-la-retouche-nest-pas-une-trahison\">5. Retouching is not a betrayal<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#6-le-fine-art-assumer-linterpretation\">6. Fine Art: taking on interpretation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#7-le-regard-precede-toujours-la-technique\">7. The eye always precedes the technique<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#8-nature-voyage-paysage-linterpretation-est-inevitable\">8. Nature, travel, landscape: interpretation is inevitable<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#9-limage-comme-traduction-du-vivant\">9. The image as a translation of the living<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#10-conclusion-la-verite-nest-pas-dans-la-neutralite\">10. Conclusion : The truth is not in neutrality<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-dcb0e7d stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"1-la-photographie-na-jamais-ete-neutre-\ud83e\udd14\" data-block-id=\"dcb0e7d\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">1. Photography has never been neutral ? \ud83e\udd14<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-82cd8ad\" data-block-id=\"82cd8ad\"><style>.stk-82cd8ad {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">From the very beginning, photography has never been a crude copy of reality. The first photographers were already choosing :<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-98b86e1 stk-block-icon-list--style-liste-std\" data-block-id=\"98b86e1\"><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-98b86e1\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-cb880b4\" data-block-id=\"cb880b4\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-98b86e1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">the exposure time,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-54047a4\" data-block-id=\"54047a4\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-98b86e1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">the angle,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-a5e3981\" data-block-id=\"a5e3981\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-98b86e1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">the light,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-8efdffd\" data-block-id=\"8efdffd\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-98b86e1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">chemistry.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-4bf0c19\" data-block-id=\"4bf0c19\"><style>.stk-4bf0c19 {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Each image was a technical and artistic interpretation, even if the word was not yet in use. Absolute neutrality does not exist in photography, or in any art form. As with painting and music, photography is always a subjective act. It bears the imprint of the beholder.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-f7a7465 stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"2-le-mythe-moderne-de-la-fidelite\" data-block-id=\"f7a7465\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">2. The modern myth of \u00ab loyalty \u00bb<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-d7cd60c\" data-block-id=\"d7cd60c\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Digital technology has reinforced this illusion. Colour profiles, ever more powerful sensors, the promise of \u00abreal rendering\u00bb... All of this fosters the idea that a camera can reproduce the world as it is.  <strong>Does the world exist without the gaze<\/strong>, our eyes ?<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-488f2fb\" data-block-id=\"488f2fb\"><style>.stk-488f2fb {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Two people in the same place will never see exactly the same thing: (and that's just as well, wealth comes from difference).<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-faba291 stk-block-icon-list--style-liste-std\" data-block-id=\"faba291\"><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-faba291\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-9dc9ba2\" data-block-id=\"9dc9ba2\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-faba291\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">one will be touched by the sky,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-2640e4a\" data-block-id=\"2640e4a\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-faba291\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">the other by a detail in the shadows,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-fdda1d0\" data-block-id=\"fdda1d0\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-faba291\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">the other with an imperceptible movement.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-bf1868a\" data-block-id=\"bf1868a\"><style>.stk-bf1868a {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>What we photograph is not the world. It is our encounter, our gaze, our perception, our relationship with this world.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-2d39bfe stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"3-le-cadrage-est-deja-une-interpretation\" data-block-id=\"2d39bfe\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">3. Framing is already an interpretation<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-c64693c\" data-block-id=\"c64693c\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Even before any retouching, our first creative gesture is the frame. We are already doing more to exclude reality than to capture it. And this choice is profoundly artistic.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-1d2d763\" data-block-id=\"1d2d763\"><style>.stk-1d2d763 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">A simple step to the left:<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-84c6e3a stk-block-icon-list--style-liste-std\" data-block-id=\"84c6e3a\"><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-84c6e3a\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-0336ab1\" data-block-id=\"0336ab1\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-84c6e3a\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">changes the balance,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-23aecc8\" data-block-id=\"23aecc8\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-84c6e3a\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">modifies lines, depth and perspective<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-7a9900f\" data-block-id=\"7a9900f\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-84c6e3a\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">transforms the meaning, the narrative<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-c7bccb8\" data-block-id=\"c7bccb8\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">A tree can become the subject... or disappear altogether. \ud83d\ude30<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-1853fe8\" data-block-id=\"1853fe8\"><style>.stk-1853fe8 {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">In my opinion, photography begins long before the computer. It begins in the body, in movement, in intuition.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-706f149 stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"4-la-lumiere-nest-jamais-objective\" data-block-id=\"706f149\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">4. Light is never \u00abobjective\u00bb<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-df0e8d6\" data-block-id=\"df0e8d6\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Light doesn't just illuminate. It tells the story and expresses itself. Hard, low-angled, diffused, cold, warm... each transforms the emotion of the scene completely.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-548ed8c\" data-block-id=\"548ed8c\"><style>.stk-548ed8c {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">A mountain landscape under a milky sky is nothing like the same landscape under a low winter sun. The place is the same. But the image tells a different story, conveys a different emotion.  <strong>Light is writing, our camera is just paper.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-4e511cd stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"5-la-retouche-nest-pas-une-trahison\" data-block-id=\"4e511cd\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">5. Retouching is not a betrayal<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-d5d78a0\" data-block-id=\"d5d78a0\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">This is where the greatest misunderstanding arises: <strong>retouching would be a falsification<\/strong>. I think this is wrong. Retouching is a conscious interpretation, whereas shooting is often an intuitive interpretation.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-a886123\" data-block-id=\"a886123\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Adjust a contrast, balance a dominant, darken a sky, open up a light... <strong>is not lying. It's clarifying your intention<\/strong>, <strong>express, even more: \u00ab SHARE \u00bb what you're feeling emotionally. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-049b673\" data-block-id=\"049b673\"><style>.stk-049b673 {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">The camera has its limits, as do the dynamics of the sensors and our eyes. Retouching can be used to bring the image closer to what we really felt when we captured it. We could very well have taken a moment, an hour earlier or later...? \ud83e\udd14 In fact, aren't we trying here to capture an emotional mood ? \ud83e\udd14 <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-0bd8323 stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"6-le-fine-art-assumer-linterpretation\" data-block-id=\"0bd8323\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">6. Fine Art: taking on interpretation<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-d6537bf\" data-block-id=\"d6537bf\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">In Fine Art photography, interpretation is no longer an accident. It becomes an accepted position.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-2b3c18c\" data-block-id=\"2b3c18c\"><style>.stk-2b3c18c {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">No more searching:<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-61de078 stk-block-icon-list--style-liste-std\" data-block-id=\"61de078\"><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-61de078\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-a6b2a86\" data-block-id=\"a6b2a86\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-61de078\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">loyalty,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-db6f11a\" data-block-id=\"db6f11a\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-61de078\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">the proof,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-24ab595\" data-block-id=\"24ab595\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-61de078\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">documentary accuracy.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-c111586\" data-block-id=\"c111586\"><style>.stk-c111586 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">We are looking for :<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-883a03f stk-block-icon-list--style-liste-std\" data-block-id=\"883a03f\"><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-883a03f\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-45b7d40\" data-block-id=\"45b7d40\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-883a03f\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">emotion,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-84950af\" data-block-id=\"84950af\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-883a03f\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">vibration,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-3babb78\" data-block-id=\"3babb78\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-883a03f\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">symbolism,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-e957934\" data-block-id=\"e957934\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-883a03f\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">the invisible depth.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-44385ee\" data-block-id=\"44385ee\"><style>.stk-44385ee {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>A Fine Art photograph doesn't say \u00abthis is what I saw\u00bb. It says \u00ab this is what I felt \u00bb.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-a4d831b stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"7-le-regard-precede-toujours-la-technique\" data-block-id=\"a4d831b\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">7. The eye always precedes the technique<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-75872f5\" data-block-id=\"75872f5\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>We too often confuse technical progress with artistic progress<\/strong>. And yet you can master your equipment perfectly and still produce empty images.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-a363f2f\" data-block-id=\"a363f2f\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Conversely, the right look can transcend a simple tool. The look :<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-d0f758d stk-block-icon-list--style-liste-std\" data-block-id=\"d0f758d\"><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-d0f758d\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-e214cfd\" data-block-id=\"e214cfd\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-d0f758d\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">choose one,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-dfb3a66\" data-block-id=\"dfb3a66\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-d0f758d\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">hierarchies,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-3cedbdd\" data-block-id=\"3cedbdd\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-d0f758d\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">simplifies,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-063c7b7\" data-block-id=\"063c7b7\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-d0f758d\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">reveals.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-91fd80d\" data-block-id=\"91fd80d\"><style>.stk-91fd80d {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Technology simply executes.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-965e80c stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"8-nature-voyage-paysage-linterpretation-est-inevitable\" data-block-id=\"965e80c\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">8. Nature, travel, landscape: interpretation is inevitable<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-b460876\" data-block-id=\"b460876\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">In nature and when travelling, the illusion of neutrality is even stronger. You think you're \u00ab documenting \u00bb.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-832901b\" data-block-id=\"832901b\"><style>.stk-832901b {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">But we always choose:<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-b44f931 stk-block-icon-list--style-liste-std\" data-block-id=\"b44f931\"><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-b44f931\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-76f32bf\" data-block-id=\"76f32bf\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-b44f931\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">its moment,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-26f0fd1\" data-block-id=\"26f0fd1\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-b44f931\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">its weather,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-ff4c0b4\" data-block-id=\"ff4c0b4\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-b44f931\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">his season,<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-5418bea\" data-block-id=\"5418bea\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-b44f931\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">its own pace.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-f40da5a\" data-block-id=\"f40da5a\"><style>.stk-f40da5a {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">We show a landscape that is calmer than it sometimes is. Or more dramatic. <strong>We magnify, we refine, we sculpt.<\/strong> But in fact, <strong>without meaning to, we interpret ... <\/strong>\ud83e\uddd0<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-cc1a188 stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"9-limage-comme-traduction-du-vivant\" data-block-id=\"cc1a188\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">9. The image as a translation of the living<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-90b24b2\" data-block-id=\"90b24b2\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">To photograph is to translate. Translating a vibration into light. Translating silence into form. Translating stillness into inner movement.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-5681b85\" data-block-id=\"5681b85\"><style>.stk-5681b85 {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Photography is not a mirror. <strong>It is a language of communication that can be more or less subtle.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-d850f75 stk-block-heading--style-h1-standard\" id=\"10-conclusion-la-verite-nest-pas-dans-la-neutralite\" data-block-id=\"d850f75\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">10. Conclusion : The truth is not in neutrality<\/h2><div class=\"stk-block-heading__bottom-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-c1b7e1b\" data-block-id=\"c1b7e1b\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">There's no such thing as \u00abnatural\u00bb photography, I think... \ud83d\ude0a What there is is honest photography.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-49a68cd\" data-block-id=\"49a68cd\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Honest in its intent.<\/strong> Honest <strong>in its emotion<\/strong>. Honest in what it seeks to convey. Assuming interpretation does not mean betraying reality. It means <strong>give it depth<\/strong>. And maybe that's just the point, <strong>photography's greatest mission: not to show the world as it is, but to reveal what it does to us.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-b59a043\" data-block-id=\"b59a043\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">If this article resonates with the way you see the image, then you're already one of those who doesn't just record the world... but tells the story. \ud83e\udd73 If you'd like to meditate further on reality and interpretation and post-production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragonstreetphotography.eu\/en\/autumn-colour-reality-interpretations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I invite you to read my article on the colours of autumn<\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragonstreetphotography.eu\/en\/photo-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read other philosophical articles here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-01420e7\" data-block-id=\"01420e7\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">That's it, that's today's philosophy \ud83e\udd13 don't hesitate to leave your opinion in the comments section, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragonstreetphotography.com\/-\/landscape-nature-travel-photos\/shop\/chromatic-walks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">or visit my galleries<\/a>,<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-0587a8d\" data-block-id=\"0587a8d\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"> thank you for reading, <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-262f9d1\" data-block-id=\"262f9d1\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">David<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does natural photography really exist? 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