Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/2/03 2:41:21 PM, owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: << The camera isn't an organic being. It isn't produced by evolution. But it must conform to our organic reality. Maybe nature is a technology, but at a certain point it joined up with consciousness. And it's the consciousness more than the science of perception that is the difference which a camera image must satisfy. >> JB, We don't view the camera. We view the picture. Perception is the action of consciousness upon sensation. The camera and the film/digital media are merely surrogate eyeballs. We must interpret the picture on the basis of our prior experience, physical state, and all that other baggage that we carry around in our heads. Years ago I was told that Eskimos had twenty different words for snow and I didn't believe it. Then I took up cross country skiing. Now I have at least twenty different kinds of ski wax in my kit, each for a different kind and temperature of snow. And the disturbing thing is that I can recognize each type. We interpret the images of the world uniquely and the camera that secures the image makes little difference. Of course if you want to look at the photo as an object in itself you can detect variations from one camera to another, but the meaning and the associated information and emotion are largely camera independent. Regards, Larry Z - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html