tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826790532838726560.post5612560011309316928..comments2023-04-11T09:29:14.142-07:00Comments on Gaggle & Squiggle: The Business Of Taking PicturesJD Forslinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033710327423231480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826790532838726560.post-14978458524326922602008-08-14T22:13:00.000-07:002008-08-14T22:13:00.000-07:00That indegenous people thing is interesting. I'm a...That indegenous people thing is interesting. I'm always curious to know how people with little to no experience with something would use it without any instruction. Especially musical instruments. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, as much as I hate to say it, I find myself on the side of the old folks hollering about the damned kids and their technology.JD Forslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033710327423231480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826790532838726560.post-85890929965990288402008-08-14T16:11:00.000-07:002008-08-14T16:11:00.000-07:00There are recorded sociological experiments in whi...There are recorded sociological experiments in which indigenous peoples of South America, when shown a photograph, were able only to understand it a material, noting its reflective quality. They would proceed to wrinkle it, smell it and manipulate it in various manners. Never once did they register an image of any "reality" captured still on the paper. <BR/><BR/>Just something interesting to note on the nature of perception. I don't want to downplay the enormous role photographs have played in modern society (justice, history, memory etc), but I can at times fully relate to what you are saying. <BR/><BR/>For instance, when Kate and I went to the Art Institute in Chicago we noticed the same thing. People relentlessly taking photos of paintings without pause to actually see them. On the train home a fellow rider had his laptop up and scrolled through a slide show of what seemed to be the entire impressionist's wing of the building. While we didn't get to every single one, I wouldn't trade our very, very real experience before them for any collection of pictures, however much more "complete".Gregory Oberlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804581603196561316noreply@blogger.com