3 Apr 2011

The Eyes Have It

The eye of the camera sees only those things chosen by the photographer. Its iris opens and closes on demand with predetermined speed and aperture, to capture upside down shapes on its retina. The human eyes and brain behind the lens use imagination to produce the completed picture; they have final control of the image.

These 55 words were written for One Stop Poetry who have today featured the work of photographer India Hobson.
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17 comments:

  1. Brian Miller3 April 2011 at 11:47

    how true that and we filter and col;or our perception to fit our world view...

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  2. Anonymous3 April 2011 at 12:56

    Photoshop helps too! Nice tight 55

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  3. Maude Lynn3 April 2011 at 14:36

    Very cool!

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  4. dustus3 April 2011 at 14:55

    Amazing our human visual process. In addition to being a wonderful artistic tool, I think the camera is also a great metaphor for it. Makes me think of sensory disorders and how everything processes things differently, sighted or blind. Excellent 55.

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  5. Unknown3 April 2011 at 16:56

    great take on the window to the soul of the camera!it's also a functioning entity.great insight.

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  6. Penny3 April 2011 at 17:32

    Very clever, deep stuff. i struggle with flash55.

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  7. hedgewitch3 April 2011 at 17:47

    Yes, indeed, everything comes to us through the senses, and through our own lens. Sometimes, just as upside down as the camera's. Well said.

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  8. Pheromone Girl3 April 2011 at 17:53

    I always thought it was the other way around, that the camera sees only what the photographer WANTS it to.

    Beautifully written!

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  9. KEHINDE ADESANYA3 April 2011 at 18:07

    You are definitely right, its all in the power of the photographer who determines how it all comes across.

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  10. Margaret3 April 2011 at 19:06

    That is why beauty is sometimes captured amongst a tragedy. I'm thinking of the horror captured on film of the Japan tragedy - some of the images are breathtaking...

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  11. signed...bkm3 April 2011 at 21:04

    The camera is an amazng tool that can hold us spell bound over time...the eye of the photographer - a beautiful art...bkm

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  12. Glynn3 April 2011 at 21:43

    There is somethign about the photo that says it is about more than just the subject -- and you explained why. Nice one.

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  13. Eileen4 April 2011 at 00:44

    Love the comparison between the camera's eye and human eyes. Very nice.

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  14. Ann Grenier4 April 2011 at 05:50

    Yes,we have final control, in a manner of speaking, of the images we see, but one questions whether we have control over the filters that censor them. This is a profound observation in your 55 words.

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  15. Isabel Doyle4 April 2011 at 07:49

    we all think the camera never lies, eh? nicely written piece

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  16. Unknown4 April 2011 at 08:56

    I love this kind of plane beauty, in other words I would like to admit a beatiful face without make up. Simply great.
    eye lift

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  17. Dave King4 April 2011 at 11:47

    Perhaps not FINAL control... but a splendid piece of writing. Well done.

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