Friday, March 2, 2007

Bernhard Schneider's article was a much needed reminder of the opportunities that perspective and axonometry afford. For example, the intentional deception of perspective allows you to reconsider space and place. I was reminded of a Lee Miller (or maybe tina Modotti) photograph of two people standing outdoors. One person is located in the foreground and the other person is located in the background about 80+ yards back on an incline. The person in the foreground has their hand raised as if holding an imaginary tray. The photographer and subjects are along the same axis - and from the photographers vantage point, it appears that the person in the background is a tiny figure standing on the open palm of the person in the foreground. The distance/space between the two subjects disappears and they become one unit inhabiting the same place. I'm intrigued with the idea of perspectival shifts that lead to heightened, perhaps thought-provoking (or maybe just plain confusing) experiential shifts.

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