I’ve been thinking … and beginning to reach an idea/draft research question
Entanglement
At a time in our history where a Cartesian [isolated, discrete unrelated objects in a void universe] view of life is increasingly being left behind, can still/straight photography ever be capable of expressing an entangled view of reality? Or does photography’s history and ontology condemn it forever to being a reinforcer of fixed (and many would argue – outdated) realities?
Peer responses here and in comments below blog:
1. First thought – ‘Entangled’.
Wow, quite a complex idea, but then I suspect I am of the ‘Cartesian’ way of thinking. Maybe as a counter I would posit that everything is made up of discrete elements but that today there are more links and they are easier to make. As a result still/straight photography is still quite capable of providing a view of reality.
I think that you have formulated a very interesting topic and although the title may alter the concept of still images still being relevant in presenting a view of reality is an interesting one. I look forward to this.
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It’s a fascinating question, concisely but comprehensibly worded. Go for it.The key will be making your response to the question understandable to the ‘average academic reader’. It’s potentially such a complex (and to many people, abstract) subject that you’ll need to keep checking that what you’re writing doesn’t only make sense to you 🙂
But as a starting point, as a research question – this is great.
3. So it’s an exploration of the Cartesian model (which I would personally find very interesting) and then of straight photography and it’s relevance to, I assume, new models of realising reality (again really interesting)
There are some really important questions in this! It’s a great starting point and I thing it’s a very coherent thought process. 👍🏻 [Coherent! – that’s a first for me!]
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I love it! I think it is a really contemporary concern and evident in a lot of new work – a lot of which seems to be incomprehensible until you know more about the quantum universe. I’m trying to explore quantum entanglement in my current project. At some point I will get up the courage to show it to some physicists and see if they see what I see.
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Great – thanks. I’m not sure I know too many physicists to ask … although my son’s new friend’s dad is apparently something to do with quantum mechanics. Not sure they’d be quite as interested as some photography academics might assume 🙂
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