• Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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    26 days ago

    @djl I think a lot of what looks “correct” has to do with learned expectations. If you look at photos of architecture from, say, 100 years ago, the majority display carefully aligned vertical lines, because most cameras had movements that made that easy. As small cameras (without movements) became more common even in professional use, that expectation declined.

    • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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      26 days ago

      @djl Also, if you look at *paintings* from the same period, you often see the opposite, with highly exaggerated perspective effects that photography of the time generally avoided. (See, for example O’Keeffe’s skyscraper paintings).

      • David in Tokyo@mastodon.mit.edu
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        26 days ago

        @mattblaze@federate.social

        Matt: Looking at more images is, of course, good advice. You’ve mentioned in the past several names I wasn’t aware of, so, thanks.

        I got stuck on the Minor White/Ansel Adams axis in high school (68-72 or so) when every issue of Aperture was jaw-dropping amazing. I really wanted to study with Minor White (who was at MIT when I was), but realized a hyperactive computer nerd might grate on White’s sensibilities…

        An attempt from those days…

        https://pbase.com/davidjl/image/170630571