bazinhuman hand intervened cast a shadow of doubt over the image is unavoidable.

He assumes like Bazin that photos capture reality and are therefore used as records of evidence of existence. However, Barthes also explains how we interpret images, through the use of studium and punctum. Bazin focuses of the preservation of existence as does Barthes. Andre Bazin and Roland Barthes share the view that photographs are objective records of reality. They explain, ‘It is a paradox of photography that although we know that images can be ambiguous and are easily manipulated or altered… much of the power of photography still lies in the shared belief that photographs are objective or truthful records of events.’ (2002: 17) In other words Cartwright and Sturken explain that photographs can be manipulated through methods of framing and selection, yet there is still a belief that photos represent reality, an objective truth. Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright address the discussion of photography’s ability to be subjectivity and objectivity.

A short extract from an essay I wrote in 2012

Bazinhuman hand intervened cast a shadow of doubt over the image is unavoidable.