Manjari Sharma

I never really thought that there was too much of a difference between a portrait and a snapshot. I just thought that a picture was a picture and that was that! But by reading the Manjari Sharma article, I learned a lot more about the differences between these two types of photography. This article explained that a snapshot is a a posed picture that really has no meaning. It could be a picture of you and your family taking a picture in front of the new family car and it would be categorized as a snapshot because it is a picture that is somewhat staged and pretty much fake. When I found out that this is what a snapshot is, I figured that a portrait is more of a candid picture. I realized that I was wrong and even a staged picture that you would think would be categorized as a snapshot may actually be a portrait if there is meaning in the photo. A portrait doesn't always have to be candid, but just as long as it has meaning and it isn't staged, then you can give it the title of one.

Manjari Sharma's portraits are amazing. I really enjoyed looking at the pictures of the people that she took in the shower because it shows how vulnerable we are when we're doing something thats comfortable to us. I believe that we are our true selves when no one is around and Manjari showed through her pictures that we don't have to put on a mask for anyone when we are alone. This is a brilliant idea to photograph people in their shower because the intimacy shows that everyone is human, we all have feelings, and everyone has that sensitivity and vulnerability in them - even though we may not think that from the things that we initially see and judge them by.