Visual Perception & Beyond

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The Photographic world seems to have become besotted with computerization, digitalization and even advanced photographic systems. But there are many of us who do not even own a computer and find that digital and APS films are incompatible with traditional photographic equipment, apart from being more costly.

Whatever avenue we choose, it is wise to remember the advice of one of the great masters of the Art World. Gauguin was of the opinion that visual perception was the most important element. This applies as much to photography as it did, and still does, to painting. The efforts of the "point and shoot" photographer can be said to be the result of visual perception. I feel, however, that Gauguin meant not only what the eye can see, but something more than just that--the sentiment, the feeling, the nuance, and that individuality and distinctive style of the artist, which was perhaps so typical of the impressionist period.

Whether or not that applies to my kind of photography is perhaps not for me to say. Those of you who recall my article "Montages, Messages and …