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The power of a great image

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Sep 13 2015

I have seen art critics get into harsh disputes in order to answer the question of what creates a great image. From Bresson’s “decisive moment” defenders to Roland Barthes’ “punctum” fans, this question sounds as complex as asking “what is beauty”? But, please, do not think I see beauty as a common sense aspect of some stimulus that generates positive feelings, for example. I think of beauty as something more broad, as a state of fascination, that can be generated by both positive and negative emotions. In that sense, beauty is a feeling in itself that arises from a mental interpretation of physiological changes. That being said, […]

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