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It is an appearance, or a set of appearances, which has been detached from the place and time in which it first made its appearance and preserved – for a few moments or a few centuries. Every image embodies a way of seeing. Even a photograph. For photographs are not, as is often assumed, a mechanical record. Every time we look at a photograph, we
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When we ‘see’ a landscape, we situate ourselves in it. If we ‘saw’ the art of the past, we would situate ourselves in history. When we are prevented from seeing it, we are being deprived of the history which belongs to us. Who benefits from this deprivation? In the end, the art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
One of the things we neglect to talk about enough is the fact that a photograph is a made object. Everything about it is a construct, from the organic chemistry in the emulsion on a piece of film to sensor resolution, to the limits of focal length, aperture and shutter speed. The dark room and the computer are places where we refine the early
... See moreAs readily as I advise my clients that fewer and fewer lookers will ever become readers, I also encourage them that there is much to be gained from just a look. And I am seeing greater interest on their part in thinking deeply about achieving clarity and simplicity, of packing as much information in as little signal, of being ever more intentional
... See morechrbutler.com • What Eyes Want - Christopher Butler
Charles Atlas: “I can’t really analyze my own editing, but it’s mostly based on rhythm—rhythm of vision, rhythm of dancing. When I worked with Merce in the early days, we would determine about seventy-five percent of the edits in the dance studio while planning the film. We could test things out.
Later on, when I worked with Michael Clark, I already
... See more“A camera is a device for learning how to see without a camera.” —Dorothea Lange