Blog 10- “All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” ~John Berger

 This is definitely true. When someone forgets about an event that had happened previously, a picture is one of the only ways they can see what they don't remember. In some cases people remember little parts of the event. When a picture is shown to them of something they don't remember. The meaning of the night might change. Some may then remember it as a good time, or possibly a bad time.

When thinking about a painting, the painter who is remembering what to paint turns the situation around. If they don't remember a certain part, then technically, they can say it never happened. The painting is telling the story and if it was never painted, no one ever would know they didn't remember.