IMAGINATION

Imagination, also called the faculty of imagining, is
the ability to form new images and sensations in the mind
that are not perceived through senses such as sight, hearing
or other senses.
en.wikipedia.org

Imagination is quite possibly a uniquely human ability.
In essence, it allows us to explore ideas of things that are
not in our present environment, or perhaps not even real.
www.psychologytoday.com

In Aristotle, the imagination bridges the gap between
"images" and "ideas," implying that rational thought
takes place in the form of images, and are stored and
combined in the imagination.
csmt.uchicago.edu

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.
For knowledge is limited to all we now know and
understand, while imagination embraces the entire world,
and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
- Albert Einstein

How we perceive the world around us is affected by our
imagination, to a much greater degree than we perhaps
realize, researchers at the Karolinska Institute explained
in the journal Current Biology.

The thoughts that emerge "in our head" can alter our
actual perception.
Christian Nordqvist - Medical News Today

About Thomas More and his legendary island 'Utopia': www.water-artproject.com/resources/055/


click image for larger view © PD Utopia Island, British Library et al. 1516 edition

'To See Again'. Annie Leibovitz's Pilgrimage in the Dark

Annie Leibovitz began chasing the ghosts after the death of her long-term lover Susan Sontag. After grief, mourning and bankruptcy she decided to make of Pilgrimage "an exercise in renewal." Taking pictures "in an abandoned way" with a digital camera provided a way of going forward in portraits.

reblogged from: J'attends

10 Movies Every Photographer Should Watch

10 Movies Every Photographer Should Watch By Sandra Iakovleva, Content Marketing Manager at Depositphotos.



It’s a list of movies for photographers, connected to the profession or loosely related to it. That being said, photographers will find inspiration in any piece of cinematography, so here’s what we think you might just enjoy.

 

reblogged from: MovieTime Guru

about 'ART' and being famous ...

Today Kieron is one of the world's youngest, globally reaching artists. His recent work has seen bids from over 35 different countries. He has over 6000 fans on his mailing list, featured all over YouTube and the world's media websites.....

read more
more in the guardian

TRAVEL -FRANCE -'Ile Saint Louis' (Paris)

Is there such a thing as Ïle Saint Louis 'light'?

Or why would it be different from other parts of Paris sharing the same history?

COLOURS

Besides from being the obvious Pavlov thing: You have learned that red is hot and danger and that white is clean (which you were not at a very young age) there may be more associations with colour than that.

It is getting more interesting when colour is culture related. because that would mean that in different countries we use colours differently in our art and photography, would it not? Once again, you could help by giving your interesting and witty examples...

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Here is an interesting webpage about the relation between colour and music: homepage.eircom.net Visual Music by Maura McDonnell (2002)

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Peter Nagelkerke, retired former senior vice president Philips Design, made a presentation about how Vincent van Gogh ´heard´ colours: Van Gogh's Brain - "Play it again, Vincent" www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi4919qp3k8

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Colour trends may defy instinctual, cultural and iconic constraints - for example, the recent craze for vivid lime green. As Jill Morton says: "Psychologically, the 'anti-aesthetic' colours may well capture more attention than those on the aesthetically-correct list. History clearly demonstrates that this has been a prevalent trend in art since the turn of the 20th century when Dada's urinals and snow shovels put an end to the era of Matisse and French Impressionism."³ quote from: www.sibagraphics.com/colour.php

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Our reaction to colour is instantaneous and this website, www.squidoo.com/colorexpert gives a quick look at general responses based on research, the historical significance of colour and word association studies. They even included links to colour personality tests that may give you some insight into your own colour associations as well as how you react to different colours. link: Color Me Delighted!

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Some make colour the goal in their professional work, as Ashvin Gatha's 'Living Colour' once a CIRCLE-24 photographer.

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Here is a good link for the use of colour in art

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This is also interesting at: www.webexhibits.org/colorart/ch.html Goethe’s diagrams in the first plate of Zür Farbenlehre (Theory of Colors) include a colorwheel and diagrams of distorted color perception. The bottom landscape is how a scene would look to someone who was blue-yellow color blind. "..Above all, Goethe appreciates that the sensation of complementary colours does not originate physically from the actions of light on our eyes but perceptually from the actions of our visual system.."

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PROJECT -'Photography for Sale'

Why is one photograph expensive to buy and the other not?

What are the criteria of the Art-market on photographic images?

What to look for when starting a collection of photographs?

On this and many more questions you will find an answer on this page. Idea and realisation of the project by Robert Schilder. The text is written by Kaspar Fleischmann of the famous Stockeregg Gallery in Zürich.



photographer: unknown
title: Josephine Baker
dim. w/h: 16,5 x 22,4 cm.
Original print, dedicated and with original signature from Josephine Baker in Antwerp 1930. The photograph is in an original art-deco frame (both from 1930) are for sale at: www.photography-for-sale.com/auc0001-2/

better photography I

When you go out to make photographs, do so with the sole intention:"I want to see how it looks on a photograph". So, it doesn't matter much what you take and your mind is free. You don't HAVE to make the best photograph in the world! Enjoy, is more important.
Then, after you returned home, see what is missing: "Why is it not how I intended the photograph to be, what is missing?". The next time, preferably to the same location, see if you can make it better, and so on. You don't have to save on a roll of film nowadays, do you?
Have fun!

about reality and truth in photography

A photograph is never more than a mere reflection of reality: it is always highly subjective and the more skilled the photographer, the more this will prove to be so.
A photographer 'sees' in his very own way: he leaves things out of the composition, takes his own angle of view and will use light to reflect a certain mood etc. The subject in the photograph will try to look its best and show only what is wanted. You as a spectator, will interpret the whole scene in your very own way, you will just see what you want to see in it. So?
Anyway, this is my version of the 'Lines of my Hand', that magnificent book by Robert Frank which influenced my 'way of seeing'.
comments on the book on www.tate.org