[Leica] Tina's "Murillo's"

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Great picture or not so great. It makes little difference. Reasonable
> minds can disagree. But Tina's "Murillo's" is one of those images on
> which a person can project anxieties, fears, and desires. Years ago
> the Murray Thematic Apperception Test was a popular projective
> technique used by psychologists and psychiatrists. The test consisted
> of a series of ambiguous images and required the subject to tell a
> story about each. The theme and development of the story provided
> insight into the subject's personality. The quality of the image was
> almost irrelevant. It was the complexity and ambiguity that elicited
> the response. My old newspaper editor would have hated Murillo's since
> he felt that it is a photo's immediate impact which sells papers. On
> the other hand, Hermann Rorschach would have loved it.
> Larry Z
> 
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I think there is no overlap between this great photograph and a Rorschach
test. Not literally. Not metaphorically.

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Mark William Rabiner