“2012.06.27 08:33:09”; “2012.06.08 08:25:58.”CreditPeter Funch. From V1 Gallery.

“Peter Frunch Sees the Patterns in the People on the Street” is one of the articles by Teju Cole written in New York Times Magazine “On Photography” monthly column. This article is talking about a series of portraits taken at different times but the same person and place by Peter Funch. I really inspired by the concept, it looks artistic and realistic at the same time. I remember when the camera technique first came out, people use it as a documentary tool rather than an art method. After looking on this series of pictures, I realized art and document can exist at the same time. Teju Cole commented on those photos, “Photography can remember for us what we didn’t think or were not able to remember for ourselves.” However, at the same time, it would remind us the beauty of life. Although people getting older and older, wrinkles on our faces recorded the time, it is the meaning of life.