The Trifecta of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness

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To create beautiful things is, requires a concentration of wealth. And so, and you see in the Reformation, this emphasis on, on holy spaces,. churches were meant to not have any ornament. They were supposed to be very simple. But they didn't think very kindly on the Catholic Church, the sale of indulgences, etc. Lots of, of issues that were worthy of, of criticism.

When everyone is carrying a camera in their pocket, what raises the act of taking pictures to the level of fine art photography? Jessica Todd Harper, the award-winning portrait photographer, says that it's equal parts mindset and technique--and lots of setting the stage to seize that perfect light. Listen as Harper speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her desire to capture the complexity of life in a single image, why family relationships and home life are her chosen subjects, and the integral role beauty plays in her images, despite its diminished status in art today.