Reading - 'Ways of Seeing'

'Ways of Seeing' by John Berger is a reading that explores the way in which we see things and read them. The reading begins by stating 'seeing becomes before words' meaning before we put words to an explanation of meaning our eyes and mind are registering and building an idea. Berger believes that when we see an images we bring our own experiences to it, and when seeing s landscape we put ourselves into it. Although we as a viewer make our own judgement of meaning the photographers intentions and views also play a part in the overall meaning. He later goes onto say that all images 'embodies a way of seeing', displaying the idea that the author of the image has captured how they see the subject and decide how the subject is portrayed and displayed.

This reading really opened my eyes to the idea of author intention as well as the audiences line of thinking, when considering these thing while taking a picture I feel my work will become stronger as I can put my ideas into the image while also trying to see what audiences see, to insure my message come across.