James Benning- The Structure of Photography

I would like to begin this blog and ask a quick question that I also asked in lecture. How does he show the video to an audience? Would it be shown in a gallery? Would it be edited with other times he performed this piece? Is it more than just a lecture on the structure of mathematics? Is this just a performance that involves a very unnecessary camera. The whole time he was performing for us the only time the camera became a factor was when someone asked a question and the camera operator couldn't hear it. I was very grateful to be apart of that experience. I was just lost on how the use of video applied to the performance.

In his closing statement James Benning said "How do you structure your own work as in Mathematics?" I decided this was a good place to start for this weeks Blog. I am a photography major and the structure of photography is a series of photographic elements that combine to create a final print.  The counting numbers would be the Camera, Film, Memory, and a good mid-range zoom lenses. Once you have a camera you have to learn how to use the camera. This would be like adding zero. You have to understand ISO, F-stop, and Shutter Speed. While you are learning this you also have to be understanding composition light and different focal lengths of lenses. Within composition you have to learn how to control your subject. Get the model to do what you need, find the right angle, and get the right accent lighting on the subject. This is like adding negative numbers to the structure. When you bring in the idea of printing, finalizing and promoting and image. It is like adding division to the list of actions. Bringing forth a whole new idea and processes that you have to conquer and learn. The final structure is bringing it all together to create a  very individualized style of photography that the public enjoys and are intrigued by. Every photographer starts out with the same tools just as in math. But the final product with always be different, For infinity times over and over.