The Art of Making Photos: Some Phenomenological Reflections
Series
2014
ISBN
978-3-319-01389-3
Type
book section
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Dreher, Jochen
Barber, Michael
Abstract
The goal of my paper is to analyze the act of making - not just taking - photos, with the aid of phenomenological concepts. Taking pictures presupposes a photographic gaze, which gets combined with personal experience, technical expertise, and other kinds of practical knowledge. The photographer's intuition is coupled with more or less explicit, often highly routinized reflections on the choice of motives, their context and arrangement, proper perspectives, the degree of light as well as the interplay of light and shade, the combination of different forms and colors, the technical possibilities of the equipment at hand, and so on. Taking pictures also implies to press the button - and this is an act in time. Adopting a strictly subjective perspective, the doing of making photos is considered as an activity in its own right. It is explored if the photographic gaze represents a special cognitive style, how the photographer "tunes in" with natural and social rhythms, and what makes doing photography an art form.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
The Interrelation of Phenomenology, Social Sciences and the Arts
Publisher
Springer
Publisher place
Dordrecht
Volume
1. Auflage
Number
69
Start page
311
End page
320
Pages
10
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
228184
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