Can Photography Move You to Tears?
Can photography move you to tears? It seems like human emotions are difficult to unlock as a photographer, especially in our oversaturated world of Instagram; as of 2018, a staggering 95 million photos and videos are uploaded onto Instagram every single day. It’s more difficult than ever for a photograph to have an impact — we’ve all debated it before, and we’ve probably seen still photography as a dying profession.
A few days ago, I met a woman named Anchi at a local cafe in Gangtok, India. We talked about life and photography in general. While look at some of my photographs from India, all of a sudden she burst into tears.
It made me curious to know what exactly happened and how photographs can have this kind of huge impact on a complete stranger, so I turned my camera on her sharing her thoughts and feelings.
Her words were the biggest compliment I’ve ever received for my photography, and I believe they capture the power of photography and its connection with human emotions.
Here are a few of the photos she was looking at prior to this video being recorded:
It’s encounters like this one with Anchi that make believe in the power of still photography more and more!
