assignment 1 Q3

Bill Jay’s chapter titled “Past Perfect” has a very strong case and argument towards the relevance of the history of photography. Before reading Bill’s chapter I personally wasn’t to interested or excited to learn about the history of photography and had always wondered is it really relevant to be learning the history?. Today I now understand why it is relevant and why we do learn about the history of photography. I agree with bill when he say’s “Think of a boat on an uncharted sea out of sight of land. One way to be sure you are not sailing in circles is to drop buoys over the edge. By looking back at these ‘pasts’ you can plot a more forward-looking future.”
Like Bill states saying history is irrelevant is like saying your birth date, time etc is irrelevant. If we had not learnt about the history of photography, then our knowledge of photography and cameras may not be as strong as it is today. I 100 percent agree with Bill’s arguments and believe that the history of not only photography but all history of this world is extremely important to each and every one of us.


Corinne Stevie Brigden.