Human photography essay

‘SKILL’ IN PHOTOGRAPHY IS OVER-RATED

A problem in photography:

There is too much emphasis on whether or not it took ‘skill’ to make a certain photo or not.

However, the reason why this is a bad line of thinking is that the ‘skill’ of the photographer isn’t his or her prowess with the camera, technical settings etc, but rather … the visual acuity of their eye!

ERIC KIM

Photographer, blogger, street photography educator, artist-publisher. Human-generated essays from the pavement, the camera, the body, and the real world.