{"id":5833,"date":"2022-11-14T16:34:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T15:32:49","slug":"do-you-really-need-a-philosophy-for-your-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/?p=5833","title":{"rendered":"Do you really need a philosophy for your photography?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new article with this title has just appeared in <em>On Landscape<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlandscape.co.uk\/2022\/11\/need-philosophy-for-your-photography\/#comments\">here<\/a>.  It discusses the need for having a philosophy (or two) for your photography &#8211; even if most photographers never need to think about it.   It is suggested that most of us are <em>pragmatic realists<\/em> &#8211; trying to reflect what we see in nature, even though the limitations of our perceptions and equipment mean that every image is, in effect, a noble lie (or less-than-noble lie, or ignoble lie &#8211; see also Guy Tal&#8217;s earlier article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlandscape.co.uk\/2022\/06\/transcendent-forms-and-noble-lies\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-5660\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-468x468.jpeg 468w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-558x558.jpeg 558w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-655x655.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-220x220.jpeg 220w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-60x60.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/www.mallerstangmagic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Patterns-of-light-3-Ge\u0301rine-Switzerland-2022-90x90.jpeg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Hyperreality Abstract, G\u00e9rine, Switzerland, 2022  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new article with this title has just appeared in On Landscape here. 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