The art critic Robert Hughes once said, "People inscribe their stories, beliefs, attitudes, desires and dreams into the images they create." When talking about the mediums of photography and film, this belief of Hughes is not very difficult to process and understand. Images, whether still or moving, can transport audiences to places they have never been before or want to return to. Images have transported audiences for centuries through the mediums of photography and cinema and together they have gone through many changes and developments. When carefully considering these two mediums, it is acceptable to say that they will forever be intertwined and that they are related forms of art, communication and entertainment ever since Thomas Edison successfully invented the first kinetoscope in 1894. Photography itself, as well as aspects photography of cinema (cinematography), have influenced our society for decades and have literally shaped the pace of our lives, changed what we think about and even what we think with. Looking through a viewfinder and lens to capture a single moment doesn't require much experience; It's really a simple thing to do. However, if a person truly appreciates the art of photography, then they will take their time and focus on the object, person or event they are trying to capture to find its true meaning and do justice to the image. “The professional photographer tries, when taking a photograph, to choose an instant that persuades the viewing public to lend him an adequate past and future. The photographer's intelligence or his empathy with the subject defines for him what is appropriate. Yet, unlike the short story... middle of paper... understanding movies, eighth edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999. Neale, Steve. Cinema and technology: image, sound, color. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985. Petro, Patrice. and. Fugitive images from photography to video. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. Ross, Steven J. ed. Cinema and American society. Malden: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2002. Rossell, Deac. Living images; The origins of films. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.Willis, Anne-Marie. Photography and cinema, figures in/of history. Ed. Leslie Devereaux and Roger Hillman. Visual fields: essays in film studies, visual anthropology and photography. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1995.Burns, Paul T. The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography http://www.precinemahistory.net/htm. 2007.