Towards Situated or Embodied Perspectives
Abstract A critique of linear perspective as the dominant mode of visual representation. Is it possible to imagine other ways of seeing—ones grounded in the body and in technological collaboration? This article explores hybrid image-making as a site of aesthetic and political resistance. Introduction: What is Linear Perspective? In the Western […]
What Do We Really See When We Look at an Image? A New Theory of Perspective Perception
In his article Toward a Theory of Perspective Perception in Pictures (2024), Aaron Hertzmann offers a radically fresh take on how we perceive three-dimensional space in pictures. Contrary to traditional theories that assume a coherent, linear perspective from a single point of view, Hertzmann argues that there is no single perspective in how we actually […]