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The Psychology of the Photographic Eye

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Perception and Imaging: Photography as a Way of Seeing – Understanding the Psychology of Photography Explore how perception, psychology, and visual awareness shape photography through John Suler and Richard D. Zakia's influential book. Perception and Imaging: Photography as a Way of Seeing (Fifth Edition) Richard D. Zakia and John Suler | Routledge, 2018 There is a question buried at the heart of every photograph, and it is not a technical one. It is not about aperture or shutter speed, sensor resolution or lens focal length. It is a question of a more fundamental and more demanding kind: What do you see, and why do you see it? This is the question that Richard D. Zakia and John Suler have been asking photographers — directly, persistently, and with increasing depth across successive editions — for more than three decades. The fifth edition of Perception and Imaging: Photography as a Way of Seeing , published by Routledge in 2018, represents the fullest answer they have produced t...