Is photography important, content important or equipment important?

Photography is a comprehensive art, involving chromatics, design, geometry and other disciplines. And the influence of weather, environment, region, geography, equipment and many other factors. However, the birth of an excellent photographic work plays a decisive role in the "eyes behind the frame", that is, the photographer.

Photography is essentially the art of light. It is the subtlety presented by the brightness, darkness, curvature and straightness of light. Whether photography is divided into documentary, scenery, people and other categories, or according to other methods, it is essentially to express light. From this perspective, equipment is really important. Especially in special photography such as starry sky (astronomy) photography that needs long exposure and sports photography that captures instantaneous expressive force, the role of equipment is particularly important. Otherwise, it is difficult for smart girls to cook without rice. No matter how advanced the theory and technology are, no matter how deep the foundation is, it will be of no help.

In photography, photographers who only pay attention to equipment and ignore other factors are called "equipment control", which has a derogatory tendency. Indeed, in the same place, at the same time, at almost the same level of photography technology, by contrast, good equipment can show more details and levels. Better in color reproduction. However, if we only pay attention to equipment, but do not improve our own level from the aspects of composition, expression and photo connotation, the room for improvement of "equipment control" will become smaller and smaller.

Nowadays, the shooting function of smart phones is becoming more and more perfect, and there is a trend to replace ordinary SLR cameras. If the mobile phone is used as photographic equipment, what kind of works can stand out from the massive photos when everyone is a photographer and the equipment is basically the same?

At this time, what matters is the content.

Photographer Bresson's "decisive moment" in photography is actually talking about content, especially documentary photography and news photography. Whether we accept Bresson's theory or not, we can't deny that the key to the final acceptance of a photo or a group of photos lies in the content.

Just like vivian maier was a domestic nanny, 654.38 million street photos of Guo Chao were found behind her. In 20 10, her works were exhibited in Chicago, and Vivian was finally considered as one of the most important street photographers in contemporary America. This evaluation is because Vivian's works focus on reflecting contemporary American street figures, rather than the unknown cameras in her hands. Her works present all aspects of contemporary American street society in the form of an encyclopedia.