What is Photography?

When Looking at Marvin Heiferman's: Photography Changes Everything You learn a lot about what photography is and the necessity it provides within the world. So, for me I got the sense that photography is a way to communicate feelings we can't quite put into words. Photography is a way for humans to save the fleeting moments in our life and make it last longer, and ultimately photography connects all of us through these lasting moments.

Heiferman's book tells  the impact and influence photography has on the rest of the world and our everyday lives. From the multitude of ways that photography impacts our lives to various ways that the arts, sciences and everyday world have been impacted by photography. From the sound of the article one would expect  lengthy explanations about art and photography. Yet non of this. He emphasis the importance of photography and how it changes the everyday world from the mundane to exiting, breathing new life into scenery that had none.
For everybody including me photography is a way to connect back to the past, capture fleeting moments, and the vision and imagination to turn s seemingly lifeless surrounding and turn it into something awe inspiring. Something you can hold in your heart forever, and ultimately that's what photography is.