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With regard to my work I’ve always stated that an image is more than just an image. It shapes or understanding of the world. And especially images of naked bodies reflect and influence the way we think about sexuality and gender. I’ve always placed importance on the viewer and his/her viewing position. I think the viewer is the active part of giving meaning to an image and I see subversive potential in this constellation.
With regard to my work I’ve always stated that an image is more than just an image. It shapes or understanding of the world. And especially images of naked bodies reflect and influence the way we think about sexuality and gender. I’ve always placed importance on the viewer and his/her viewing position. I think the viewer is the active part of giving meaning to an image and I see subversive potential in this constellation.
The text Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim gives this thought a fundamental investigation. He claims that perception is an active performance. I like this idea and hope that I can also apply ideas from the book into my working practise.
The text Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim gives this thought a fundamental investigation. He claims that perception is an active performance. I like this idea and hope that I can also apply ideas from the book into my working practise.
Another text that might fit the work I’m currently working on the „The Diva“ by Elisabeth Bronfen. She investigates the phenomena of the Diva from the early courtesans and queens to the modern celebrity with regard to the medium of photography.
I’m also trying to get a copy of a panel discussion at Unseen photo fair where they discussed „the future of the portrait“. I’m very interested in this as well as I’m taking a lot of portraits.
As I’m currently woking with found footage from the internet I would like to engage with this more but I don’t know any texts that engage with that.

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VISUAL THINKING

Why this text is of interest to you?

With regard to my work I’ve always stated that an image is more than just an image. It shapes or understanding of the world. And especially images of naked bodies reflect and influence the way we think about sexuality and gender. I’ve always placed importance on the viewer and his/her viewing position. I think the viewer is the active part of giving meaning to an image and I see subversive potential in this constellation. The text Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim gives this thought a fundamental investigation. He claims that perception is an active performance. I like this idea and hope that I can also apply ideas from the book into my working practise.