Category: Essay
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Could I Be Buried Here?
You watch your life unfold before you from start to finish, would you change anything? Worn out, after a thirty-year career as a migrant artist in animation, design and academia, I moved to Spain with my wife to recuperate and reflect on the events that had led to this moment. Nested in the mountains of…
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Reconstituting Memory
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Therapeutic Photography explores how art, particularly photography, can aid in mending the mind and addressing deep-seated traumas. Artists like Jo Spence have utilized photography as a therapeutic tool, confronting personal and historical traumas, thereby transforming memory and narrative into healing processes. Research by Judy Weiser and others has further established a framework within art therapies…
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Immersive Photographic Realities
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Photography, since its inception, has served as a pivotal medium for capturing and preserving human experiences, from historical events to artistic expressions that showcase the human condition. The medium not only depicts reality but also manipulates perceptions through the photographer’s control over time, framing, and exposure. In contemporary practices, photography intertwines with digital technology, where…