Group: World Photography Day - August 19

Sometimes art is worth waiting for!

Ich hatte den ganzen Tag dran gedacht, aber nicht wirklich Zeit gehabt…darum hab ich mich am Abend beim Konzert auf der Burg bewusst für einen Schnappschuss des Turms dort entschieden. Ein schöner Abend und die Erkenntnis, dass es genau das ist, was ich mit Euch teilen wollte ohne etwas gestellt zu haben:)

I think that is a lovely way to contribute. Photography is a part of most of our lives - integrated into our day. I like that yours came naturally.

Hi Laura,
I really appreciate your animation around this theme and the personal as well as community perspectives it brings.
I will not comment on the rich discussions above, due to lack of time, unfortunately. Here are my only answers to your questions, hoping that they will contribute to this thread which could lead us to next 19th of August...
For my part, preoccupied by too many professional and personal constraints, I did not prepare anything for this photographic day apart from a mobilization from morning to evening to try to contribute actively. So I found myself armed only with my smartphone, alas, scanning my daily route for inspirations. Until the evening when, entering a train station that I only frequent in summer, I stopped in front of a photo display under its historical glass roof, photos about 2m x 2m, promoting an exhibition of ancient art in a famous Parisian museum of Asian arts.
The link between photography and art suddenly seemed obvious to me: before becoming an art in its own, photography was quickly attached to exhibiting, in addition to everyday life and landscapes, what was capable of elevating it to the rank of art itself. By confronting and trying to match what it alone could spread throughout the world: the sharing of works of art from museums in the four corners of the world, and/or architectural wonders and other witnesses of human creativity.
This promotion of an exhibition (which I haven't had the time to visit yet) gave me the opportunity to celebrate this intimate link: beyond World Photography Day, paying tribute to art - both ancestral and modern - seemed to me relevant.

To answer your question, in this station where thousands of workers pass every day, few of them looks up at this exhibition. It must be said that our environment is saturated with advertising images, as you know, and what's more, attention is now turned more towards smartphones (where advertising is not absent!) than towards the surrounding eye-catchers.
I can't vouch for the attractiveness of this display, honestly. In Paris, I assume that the abundance of cultural events makes people receptive and not indifferent to this type of promotion. But the photo/art link is probably not perceived as such, as the impact of photography remains mostly minor, despite the numerous exhibitions that concern it.

Once again, thank you, Laura, for your involvement in this event whose impact seems to me to be major and truly unifying. For my part, I have done my best to show on social networks the involvement of ipernity in this event, but I do not have the possibility to follow or to multiply it. Despite the justified and important - and proven - motivation of our members.