{"id":6795,"date":"2025-08-20T17:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/blogue\/why-is-photography-so-much-more-than-just-a-snapshot\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T21:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T21:08:59","slug":"why-is-photography-so-much-more-than-just-a-snapshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/blogue\/why-is-photography-so-much-more-than-just-a-snapshot\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY IS PHOTOGRAPHY SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A SNAPSHOT?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spirituelles Odysse\u0301es | Pr\u00e9sentation du Livre de \u00c9ric Petr\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YCvLH_qnASc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photography is more than just taking pictures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it&#8217;s exhibited, edited or published, it&#8217;s the result of a lot of hard work, a lot of passion and a real human, temporal and financial investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If photography exists, it&#8217;s also thanks to those who support it: amateurs, enthusiasts, collectors, professionals, but also the photographers and artists themselves who defend it on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, to ensure that all these beautiful images discovered free of charge on social networks can continue to exist, it&#8217;s essential to support photographers in your own way. Buying a postcard, a book, a small limited-edition photo or a work of art of your own means contributing to the survival of art photography in a world where we&#8217;re getting used to &#8220;seeing without paying&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no such thing as a small contribution: even 5 euros invested in a participatory edition to encourage an artist is already a strong, committed gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sincerely thank you, who bought or invested 5 euros in my book <em>SPIRITUELLES ODYSS\u00c9ES<\/em>, published in February 2017 by \u00c9ditions Corridor \u00c9l\u00e9phant introduced by a magnificent seven-page text by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/blogue\/la-photographie-mouvement-ou-les-suites-nocturnes-de-eric-petr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your support has deeply helped and accompanied me on my journey as an emerging photographer. Thank you!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the monograph <br>SPIRITUELLES ODYSS\u00c9ES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4796.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"  noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4796-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4796-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4796-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4796-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4796-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4796.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on the image to enlarge and make the text easier to read<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are still a few copies available, before the final end of stock.<br>Purchases can be made directly on my website, at the price of 42 \u20ac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-ric-petr wp-block-embed-ric-petr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FWrV1jFtzM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/livre-spirituelles-odyssees\/\">Livre d&rsquo;auteur | Spirituelles Odyss\u00e9es<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Livre d&rsquo;auteur | Spirituelles Odyss\u00e9es\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; \u00c9ric Petr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/livre-spirituelles-odyssees\/embed\/#?secret=XG3MkhYJiP#?secret=FWrV1jFtzM\" data-secret=\"FWrV1jFtzM\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography is more than just taking pictures When it&#8217;s exhibited, edited or published, it&#8217;s the result of a lot of hard work, a lot of passion and a real human, temporal and financial investment. If photography exists, it&#8217;s also thanks to those who support it: amateurs, enthusiasts, collectors, professionals, but also the photographers and artists &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/blogue\/why-is-photography-so-much-more-than-just-a-snapshot\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WHY IS PHOTOGRAPHY SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A SNAPSHOT?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[310,83,82,309,308],"class_list":["post-6795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-art-world","tag-book-en","tag-contemporary-photography","tag-corridor-elephant-en","tag-jean-paul-gavard-perret-en","tag-spiritual-odysseys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6798,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6795\/revisions\/6798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericpetr.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}