Image Affordance: Are we seeing the same thing?
When you look at any one of my photographs your perception of the image includes all of your life experiences and that of human history. Yes, everything you’ve seen and learned, every innate survival instinct, and all of the connections you have to anything within the image is instantly brought forth by your brain so […]
Images from the 9/11 Memorials
Today is September 11th, 2012. The sky is as bright blue as it was this same morning 11 years ago. I suppose that morning started much the same as mine is now. I’ll have coffee, make breakfast for my daughter, get her ready to go to school, and then take my morning walk before […]
Images of Summer (so far)
I can only speak for myself but I believe that in thinking about summer, we all have images that we put in place in our minds as the ultimate image of summer. Of course it depends on your feelings about the season in general as to the tone of the image, but in all […]
Food Porn: Delicious, sensual, glorious food photography
Bright and colorful, alluring and ubiquitous, food is inescapable. As a necessary component of human life, food could take the role of just another part of the daily grind. We all need to eat, sleep, breathe, and eliminate. Fortunately, the need to eat has stretched far beyond its basic goal of nourishment. […]
