I guess i'll start off by giving my opinion on this subject. The simple idea(s) behind a photograph is/are to me at least: captureing moments in history/documenting something, painting with light/the definition, art, journalistic and candid. I try not to really look too deep into this concept for i think it will drive one insane.
On this issue I agree with Berger's saying "photography is rather like memory." He states that the photograph, when its real and not tricked, its a memory of the past.
I like the wording about criticism when Eagleton says we arent concerned with the history of photography but the histories of ideas about photography. To me that means that when photography was created that brought about a whole bunch of theories that are just as important as tracking the timeline of photo.
I also agree with the ideas of Victor Burgin discussing the variety of photographic studies. I think its saying that there is the general theory of photography but also theories for all of the different areas.
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