{"id":243317,"date":"2020-06-10T19:04:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T02:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=243317"},"modified":"2020-06-10T19:12:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T02:12:38","slug":"towards-a-philosophy-of-aesthetics-in-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/10\/towards-a-philosophy-of-aesthetics-in-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a Philosophy of Aesthetics in Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>What are our ideal aesthetics in photography? Do we want our photos to look as much as &#8216;real life&#8217; as possible, or ABOVE-REALITY (uber-reality, uber-photography?)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/episodes\/Towards-a-Philosophy-of-Aesthetics-in-Photography-ef8ssm\">PODCAST<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/embed\/episodes\/Towards-a-Philosophy-of-Aesthetics-in-Photography-ef8ssm\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/audio-Towards-a-Philosophy-of-Aesthetics-in-Photography.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption>Towards a Philosophy of Aesthetics in Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div 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basic thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Perhaps black and white (monochrome) is so good, because it allows us to go <em>BEYOND<\/em> reality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/j4bpPd4o?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" 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