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...of other people and the intersubjective world is problematic only for adults. The child lives in a world which he unhesitatingly believes accessible to all around him. He has no awares of himself or of others as private subjectives, nor does he suspect that all of us, himself included, are limited to one certain point of view of the world. That is why he subjects neither his thoughts, in which he believes as they present themselves, to any sort of criticism. He has no knowledge of points of view. For him men are empty heads turned towards one single, self-evident world where everything takes place, even dreams, which are, he thinks, in his room, and even thinking, since it is not distinct from words.”
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception -
www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/19727-ph-nom-nologie-de-la-...
Twitching what can you see from the window www.todaysposting.com/TPAssignment.php?TP=731
Digital print (Epson 7600), 39 x 61 cm image on 76 x 56 hand-coated (inkAID) rag paper, edition 25.
Triptych composed of:
(central part) enlarged scan of copper etching plate left to "marinate" with household "reagents" such as vinegar, salt, ammonia
(right part) scan of copper etching plate without corrosion
(left part) layers of photos of fields of plumed grass
For more detail on this work, please see
www.pfranzini.com/2007/prints/percep.php where each of the three parts can be clicked on separately to see an enlarged detail.
Boston Winter CityScape: Just Before Sundown
Winter 2007
Back Bay area
Boston, MA, USA
View of the Back Bay area skyline from across the Charles River, Memorial Drive near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge.
Reality and Perception
There is a belief that photographs don't lie, i.e., they are a representation of reality. This perception is of the reasons why people accept images captured in photographs as real and true, and thus used quite often as evidence in court and as "truth" of our world in publications.
But, is this really true, or accurate?
Compare the image shown here for example with an almost exactly the same image Before Darkness Reigns -- taken about a minute before the image show here. In fact, without this added information, it would appear as if this image shown was taken before the other image, Before Darkness Reigns, rather than the other way around. In reality, this was exposed just slightly longer to reveal a more clear foreground (notice the most green on the dock not evident in the other image). It would appear too, as if the Charles River was quite tranquil. In fact, there was a slight breeze, more evident in the undulation of the Charles River in the image, Before Darkness Reigns. In fact, the waves would have been much higher had the shutter speed been faster, suggesting a stronger breeze and explaining the more significant windchill effect when the images were taken. [I was freezing cold, I was starting to have "cold burns" and pin pricks as my fingers were slowly getting numb.]
Here, there was no deliberate attempt to alter or falsify the image that is presented (see note below). But, in fact, even this statement is relative.
With digital photography and post-processing tools now available, it is so easy to alter what we present, even before we capture the image and to some, after we capture the image. In most of the shots shown in this series, for example, I used the "Vivid" rather than the "Normal" option because I thought after reviewing my initial images in previous shots, it was a more "realistic" representation of the actual colors of the images -- with the current setting of my camera. [I am literally taking my first baby steps into the world of digital photography, there are so many buttons in the Nikon D200 I have yet to learn, to capture the "perfect" picture.]
In movies, like Forrest Gump, for example, by juxtaposing images, it is now possible to make people of the past become part of the present. But, we know that movies are make believe, so that we still can distinguish sometimes what is real and what is not. However, it is now accepted in newsroom to use backdrop scenery in studios to give a semblance that the people are in natural setting. Here, it is still easy to discern that the setting is unreal.
With these advances in audio-visual tools and computer technology however, it is now possible electronically "to cut and paste" portions of images and audio -- to literally do anything you want.
Obviously, the genie is out of the bottle. We could not turn back the time, just a decade or so ago, when it would have been easy to detect a forgery or alteration shown in images and audio-visuals.
The impact on us however is more far-reaching, psychologically and sociologically. We tend to be more cynical with what we see and what we hear. How many of us believe the people we "talk to" in the internet? We become guarded and refuse to share the person that we are.
In the song, the "Sound of Silence", there is a phrase there: "People talking without speaking..." -- that is what we have become.
Cornelio
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N.B.
The image was uncropped. Except for "unsharp image" and the automated resizing and "screen image optimization" to reduce the diskspace usage, no further image manipulation was done.
Series emulating the photographic style of Francesca Woodman to show how women are often perceived in society.
© David G. Wilson
The election of President Barack Obama has been a source of pride to many Americans; not only those of African descent, but also all Americans who care about the ideals of inclusion. This momentous election demonstrates that America, although sometimes slow in delivering on its promises, eventually does and that anyone, regardless of racial, ethnic or gender classification, could be anything he/she wants to be. It is not only an African American triumph, but a triumph for American ideals.
So, in this painting, I have indicated the triumph of American ideals by wrapping his head in Old Glory, the American flag, under which the national bird, the bald eagle soars to greater heights. Only in America would a person of a minority group be accepted and voted in by a plurality for the highest office in the land. So, regardless of what other counties may claim, they have not proven, like in America, that equality exists in their society.
For the background, I have used the blue skies, indicating that the sky is the limit to what anyone may achieve in spite of the high barriers, (the rope strung from the old slave staff to the flagpole) that may be placed in one's way. With Liberty, one can scale the tremendously high obstacles that he/she may encounter. Holding a whip in one hand and the African Nationalist flag in the other, Black Liberty confronts the dangers (indicated by her red coat) of daring adventure as many an African American of high achievement like Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King and Hank Aaron had to face and leaps over the high barrier of exclusion.
On his shoulders is the heavy burden of the Purple Mountains, majestic in the background, upon which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. metaphorically said in his final speech, that he had been to the mountaintops, looked over and seen the Promised Land. That Promised Land is evident in the green pastures among which the viewer, the flagpole and the old slave staff stand.
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
Jerry Kang: Immaculate perception?
Jerry Kang is a Professor of Law and Asian American Studies at UCLA. His work examines the legal implications of socio-cognitive implicit bias, or unintentional racism. Our ability to judge whether we are racist may not even be obvious to us if we look deeply at ourselves. Kang disseminates the work of other cognitive neuroscientists who study implicit bias and stereotype threat, and he extrapolates the implications of this work in a legal setting. He has received the highest honor for his teaching at UCLA, the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2010.
jerrykang.net/2011/03/13/getting-up-to-speed-on-implicit-...
www.law.ucla.edu/faculty/all-faculty-profiles/professors/...
Consider again the things from another side, as you saw it now, because that means starting a new life.
St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth
The church was built in the mid-1740s by John Fane, the 7th Earl of Westmorland following his removal of the village's 12th century place of worship to allow for the enlargement of Mereworth Castle.
The Palladian-style stone structure has been described as "the outstanding 18th-century church in the county, in scale, ambition and architectural interest".[1] The architect is unknown, but prominent Palladian-era figures such as Henry Flitcroft, James Gibbs and Roger Morris have been suggested.
Many internal fixtures survive from the medieval church, including heraldic stained glass and a series of high-quality brass and stone memorials. Alterations were made several times in the 19th and 20th centuries, including repairs to wartime bomb damage, and restoration work undertaken in 2009. The church has been awarded Grade I listed status in view of its architectural and historical importance.
One of our most popular exhibits, after many many years running the Perception Tunnel finally had to retire.
3 photo manual blend using Adobe PSE6
Flash Set-up:
Canon Speedlite 580EXII @ 1/8 power, bare, 50mm zoom
1: 50cm above subject, just in front of centre
2: 50cm above/left/front of subject
3: 50cm above/right/front of subject
triggered by Yongnuo RF-602 Tx/Rx.
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM @ f/18, 10s (x3)
For this project I wanted to look at the human form from an abstract view, taking away any previous experience or relation to the human body I wanted to create this new physical form relating more to extra terrestrials and the idea of life beyond earth.
What would they look like ?
how would they move ?
Enjoy
Perception is key. We may all be looking at the same exact thing but we're all seeing something different.