Beauty in Photography discusses intense matters regarding beauty and aesthetic and introduces the concept of aesthetic as a questionable foe explaining the concept as a mistrusted speciality by leading artists astray from communication, expression, integrity and intention of work in order to be replaced by overthinking of achieving satisfying aesthetic thus limiting original creativity. Additionally taking this text from its original publication of 1981 can still be applicable to the modern context of 2017 consisting of superficial marketing. aesthetic and visual pleasure for financial gain. But, despite our frosty meeting as a reader we are conflicted between embracing the subject or isolating ourselves from a far distance as questions are raised for art and beauty to be consoling us throughout out the hardships/burdens of life just enough to make this tolerable. However, R. Adams describes his personal experience of encountering locations of isolation where the empty space was too much leading readers to examine whether we are voluntarily falling into a vicious cycle of healing ourselves throughout the observation of art comforted by beauty or driven to madness of producing beauty and aesthetic for the emotional reassurance of others.
