It is in itself an act of optimism are inherently acts of optimism. Even the most pessimistic artist, while working on an art piece, is engaging in an act of optimism. Consequently, the result is always uplifting, transcendent. However, if we deal with a subject in photography that is obviously about capturing misery, it becomes much harder, almost rare, to escape the reality of unhappiness and bring out an artistic sense of optimism. Not a real hope, because hope is not optimism. Therefore, a photograph that captures misery can seldom be a good photograph from an artistic perspective. Indeed, Winogrand used to say that misery in a photograph always looks beautiful. Now, this optimistic message of art also hides other difficult things that the photographer must understand. The first is that it always hides a surprise; the fundamental element of the artist's optimism towards the world is to see the world every day he wakes up, despite the undeniable difficulties, with an eye of optimism. Pasolini said if you wake up in the morning and nature seems something natural to you, then you're finished, it should seem something sacred. Thus, the photographer must maintain the surprise against things. In reality, I would say he doesn't even need to know them very well; they should seem new to him, enchanting, uninterpretable. There are many ways to ensure this, the most basic is through the artistic process of photography, which we will talk about another time. Another thing hidden by the optimistic act of art is magic. No one deals with recorded reality when they have realistic reality in front of them. That reality itself. Thus, what the photographer needs to keep from capturing reality is a hidden magic; therefore, he must maintain the surprise against reality to be able to detect the magic. Let's refer again to a great artist, Tennessee Williams, when he had his heroine say, 'I'm not interested in reality, I'm interested in Maya.' Thus, magic, surprise, optimism are fundamental elements of the creator and he must find a way to preserve them.