L. M. Sacasas on Substack
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L. M. Sacasas on Substack
But eventually I stumbled upon a trick: I would draw instead the outline of the negative space around it. Though I couldn't have articulated it at the time, what this method did was improve the quality of my looking. I would never be able to get away from my preconceptions about what an arm or a leg looks like, but the shape formed by its negative
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don’t draw a nose. Just draw what you see. And after half an hour, you step away, and there will be a nose.” If you try and draw a nose you’ll fall flat on your face.’ It’s hard to look at the figures in Byzantine art without thinking of Dury’s advice: those paintings are full of body parts that don’t express patterns of shape and light, but rather
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But while the camera became the de facto method for content creation long-ago, for capturing reality, it has never served as the best method for interrogating it. To pull up information about the monument you’re standing in front of, you navigate to Google and ask a question. To see how well-regarded the restaurant you just passed is, you visit Map... See more
Mario Gabriele • QR Codes: Cities & Eyes
In photography, as in writing, there’s no shortcut to finding that voice.