Friday 8 February 2013

Emotion within images - Rineke Deijkstra

I am very intrigued by the possibility of emotion being transferred between people through photographs. But what effects this language? 

I found it interesting and began to think about the implications within the image making process. 


'Emotional Contamination'.
As a photographer, even with objects it is important to not infuse too much of your own emotional baggage on the situation. How much of your own personality or information should you leave in your images?

Guggenheim Symposium - Empathy, Affect, and the Photographic Image