Do you know if he has a flickr or da account? Id like to see how removed feeling shows on picture.
Portrait photography is something that meny photographers dont like that much. I dont think its some mbti thing, its just that some people see portraits more boring to shoot or to watch than for example landscapes or street photography.
Why is this important? The aesthetics is arbitrarily dictated by mass marketers. The system is designed to extract a constant revenue stream from the controlled consumers. What payback do you get from conforming to this standard?
This is not intended as an attack. I am simply trying to understand a value system that is so different from my own.
There's a lot of photography that include people's faces that wouldn't be called "portraits" though. The purpose is not to reveal the individual, but to use their face to convey something else. He never shows a face anyway....
I'd rather not link his images, because it would link me to him, which loses a sense of my anonymity....if that makes sense
I find them very important, though someone who looks at me or my space wouldn't think that.
I guess it's an idiosyncratic sense.
It's very important, but it's not the #1 priority over all other things so to speak.How important are aesthetics to you, NTs?
I ask because in my experience, many NTs don't really give a crap, so to speak, about how stuff looks, be it their person, their clothes, or their surroundings/belongings. I, on the other hand, find aesthetics to be very important. I have a definite sense of what is beautiful and what is not, and I definitely prefer for things to be on the beautiful side of the spectrum. I chalk it up to having a 4 wing on the Enneagram.
So what role does aesthetics play in your lives, if any?
I like unique things noone has got.
Whaa? That's insane. I love capturing peoples emotions in my photos. The human eye is the most beautiful thing. They're so expressive, you can basically see a person's soul through their eyes. I would never blur out someone's face in my photos.
It may be that to photograph a person in an identifiable way (that is, capture the face) and be able to publish that photograph - in galleries, for sale, or whatever, he would have to get the person to sign a release form, which might be troublesome.I agree, and my favorite thing to draw is a person's face, especially the eyes.
I have no idea why he never photographed faces. I just realized it one day and it felt significant to me, as far as commentary on his personality. I'm not saying it's an NT thing, but it's in line with his general approach to art.
Interestingly, he was drawn to eyes in other photographs. I think it would be too revealing of himself to photograph someone else's face.
It may be that to photograph a person in an identifiable way (that is, capture the face) and be able to publish that photograph - in galleries, for sale, or whatever, he would have to get the person to sign a release form, which might be troublesome.
Some people don't really like it when I've already taken the shot and asked for permission afterwards, but then when I ask first, it ruined my intended shot. Maybe the same is applied for him?