PicsArt Monthly July/ August 2014 | Page 74

@rublev1360 To be sure, visual trends offer fun, new and exciting ideas for your photography. However, if we scratch below the surface, we often find that they reflect something broader than themselves, inspired and impelled by great change. If one of the quickest ways to make people think differently about something is to change the imagery around it, then visual trends raise very important and deeply personal questions about your craft as a photographer: Why do you take photos? What do you seek to accomplish with your photography? And what will your photographic footprint look like down the line? 74| PicsArt Monthly