Document (#14295)

Author

Wendl, T.

Title

Why they don't see what they could see : on the perception of photographs from a cross-cultural-perspective

Source

Anthropos. 91(1991) nos.1/3, S.169-181

Year

1996

Abstract

The paper examines studies on the difficulties in understanding photographs from a cross-cultural perspective. These difficulties range from the complete failure to recognize a photograph as a representation of objects to the inability to recognize the spatial layout of the object represented. 2 kinds of explanations are offered: observer-specific and medium-specific. It is argued that photography produces pictures in a fairly rough 'precultural' state that often sharply contradicts indigenous experiences of seeing and depicting. Adopting the theoretical framework of conventionalism developed by Marx Wartofsky (1980) and others, the paper emphasizes and illustrates the cultural embedding of 'visual practice'. Following a discussion of other recent related empirical findings, the need is stressed for more detailed and systematic research on the interrelations between culture-specific pictorial traditions and corresponding viewing habits

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