My sisters and I went to Coldplay's concert out at Nissan Pavilion on Thursday; Hannah's third time, my second time, and Bekah's first time. We went all out and got tickets in the pit so that we could fully experience the awesomeness that is Coldplay - sing, dance, have fun.
What were our fellow concert goers concerned with the whole time?
Not the music.
Why does everyone feel so compelled to capture the pulizter prize for photography with their cheesy digital cameras and phones while in the pit at a Coldplay concert?! What happened to going to a concert to listen to music? I was so disappointed with everyone. Here was one of my favorite bands 20 feet away from me, and everyone was so preoccupied with trying to capture a picture on their own little lame camera instead of enjoying the music. I mean really, if you wanted such a good picture, I'm sure you could go online and find one. Last time I checked, you don't go to concerts to try to get blurry pictures. You go to listen to music and have a good time.
With that said, I'm quite happy my parents had my camera with them in Italy when I went up to Philadelphia this weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love taking pictures. In fact, I love taking cheesy pictures. But I have to draw the line when this gets in the way of actually enjoying an aesthetic experience. Sometimes it is nice to be free of the camera and to enjoy experience things without having to worry about taking pictures of them. As Bazin pointed out, humans are so obsessed with mummfiying reality. We're been trying to doing it for centuries, and the advent of film really accomplished capturing a level of realism never previously obtained.
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