On the Core of the Theory of Micro-Phase Differences
On the Core of the Theory of Micro-Phase Differences While looking at photographs, I have been thinking about the way time exists in layers. As I looked back over several comments sent by readers overseas, I realized that they were not merely impressions or reactions. Some of them seemed to touch upon the very nature of photography as a medium. One reader wrote that the strong connection between photographic images, writing, language, and even thought itself was an area worthy of research. Implicit in this observation was a way of understanding photography not simply as a record of visual information, but as a medium of perception connected with language and thought. Another short comment on an old photograph—“They look like ancestors”—also carries a surprisingly deep meaning. The people in the photograph belong to the past. The person looking at it lives in the present. Photography does not merely preserve the past; it brings the existence of the past back into present perceptio...
