What makes a picture memorable?

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited June 15, 2011 in The Big Picture
MIT says put a person in it. Landscapes? :nah
Harry
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited June 15, 2011
    Yeah, I saw that. But what they were really measuring was, what makes you able to recall an in image in a very short term memory experiment. It certainly didn't measure whether an image blows your socks off or haunts you for days. There's lots of evidence now that our brains dedicate lots of resources to facial recognition and there are solid evolutionary reasons for that. But what does that have to do with the art of photography? IMO, very little.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 15, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    Yeah, I saw that. But what they were really measuring was, what makes you able to recall an in image in a very short term memory experiment. It certainly didn't measure whether an image blows your socks off or haunts you for days. There's lots of evidence now that our brains dedicate lots of resources to facial recognition and there are solid evolutionary reasons for that. But what does that have to do with the art of photography? IMO, very little.

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    However my friends and associates always like my snapshots of people better than my wildlife photos. :bash
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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