We may never know what another person is thinking--never truly get into anyone else's head--but photography brings us as close as anything can. When the members of an audience at an art gallery look at a picture, they can step for a moment inside the mind of the artist. Like telepathy. Like time travel. At some future date, when people gaze at my photographs of the islands, they will see what I saw. They will stand where I stood, on this granite, surrounded by this ocean. Perhaps they will even feel some of the elation I have experienced here. . Abby Geni
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Ever since the days of photography, people have tried to capture the essence of another person’s mind. They do this by taking a picture of that person, but they also do it by looking at what that person is doing or what they are wearing. The photographer is essentially looking inside the mind of the person being photographed, so it makes sense for them to be able to experience what that person feels.

Source: The Lightkeepers

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