Comments on: Camera Position 26 : Weston & The Edges http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/44 Photography podcasts that deal with the why of photography over the how and discuss the essential qualities of the medium from the point of view of the creative photographer. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:27:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jeff http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/44/comment-page-1#comment-59 jeff Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:31:12 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/44#comment-59 Hi, Dirk; Thanks for your comment. Actually, the clipping of that shadow and lantern were intentional choices. Letting the mind to complete the shape of an object is often more interesting than completing it in a literal sense in the image. This isn't my idea, it's really the photographic element of Gestalt Theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology Hi, Dirk;

Thanks for your comment. Actually, the clipping of that shadow and lantern were intentional choices. Letting the mind to complete the shape of an object is often more interesting than completing it in a literal sense in the image. This isn’t my idea, it’s really the photographic element of Gestalt Theory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology

]]> By: Dirk http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/44/comment-page-1#comment-57 Dirk Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:32:51 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/44#comment-57 Talking of edges: were the clipping of the lantern and its shadow in http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/42 (Palazzo) intentional? Talking of edges: were the clipping of the lantern and its shadow in http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/42 (Palazzo) intentional?

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