Highlights and Shadows Five | ©2013 David Allio
This is the fifth in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows on a textured hallway wall. How does it relate to the process of looking?
Looking is a process of negotiation. That process involves encoding of an image by the producer and decoding of the image by the consumer. The results are not always consistent as the viewer negotiates the visual product through many factors.
Those lines were prompted by a reading[1] during my first semester of post-graduate studies at the Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA). Have you ever thought about the negotiations occurring in your mind while processing a scene?
Sturken, Marita, and Lisa Cartwright. 2001. Practices of looking: an introduction to visual culture. New York: Oxford University Press.
Camera: Nikon D60 | Lens: AF VR Nikkor Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | Focal Length: 145mm | Exposure: f/8 – 1/100th – ISO 400
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