Question#1:

In “Ways of Seeing Episode 1” , Berger says that the process of seeing is not natural , that it’s shaped by habits and conventions. I suppose what he means is that seeing may be  just a simple action completed by our eyes , but how we see something is definitely much more complex than the action seeing . Habits and conventions play important roles in deciding how we see something.That’s also the reason why Berger uses the term “ process of seeing” instead of seeing.I believe that circumstance and the mode of thinking will shape the ways we see.Everybody has its own feeling even on the same artwork, it’s based on how we think . As for the circumstance, if we see a painting in a museum , we will stop in front of it and appreciate it , which is an ordinary behavior . But if we see the same painting hung on a street wall, we probably won’t even care about what’s the content of  painting ,but wondering why it’s hung on here . It’s significant that people have the ability to appreciate artworks in different ways because we can keep the diversity of artwork creation.

Question#2:

Before camera was invented ,people could only go to particular locations to see something they wanted to see.After camera emerged,everything changed.We can see any artwork from all over the world in forms of image , video and paper.We no longer need to spend lots of time and money to travel to particular places in order to see the artworks.However ,every coin has two sides.Sometimes artwork like painting can be easily manipulated , the producer can add sounds , words and movement in the painting that will lead the original meaning of the painting totally changed.It’s what Berger says in the video that paintings are usually silence and stillness , they can be manipulated by people if we want.If we have opportunity to appreciate an artwork in museum ,we can appreciate the authentic artwork and probably would feel and understand its original meaning ,which we might can’t achieve if we see it on a screen or in a book.

Question#3:

What  Berger means when he describes reproductions of painting becoming a “form of information” is that  people can manipulate paintings to convey messages through social media or other forms to public.Literally, reproductions of painting are not only art ,but also media resources nowadays. People can get fun from those reproductions of painting , companies can create fascinating advertisements by the reproductions of painting.The reproduction of paintings makes our world more interesting.