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I’m trying to think about this concept.
It’s so frequently said, particularly with a beautiful scene, that “a picture doesn’t do it justice.”
With a certain type, it’s like a particularly beautiful scene will have this built-in protective mechanism to preserve itself as a lived experience.
Components of this
- The camera sensor not being sufficient
- Also, differences between the human eye
- The emotional resonance of the scene not being captured (basically everything that exists besides the image, the intangibles, details leading up to the moment)
The eclipse and even deeper astrophotography has this quality. I remember when we got pictures of black holes, or literally the deepest image that humanity has ever seen, the result of a tremendous expenditure of effort and money. And for certain people it was marked as underwhelming.
(There’s an aspect of conceptual art here, where you have to think about what you are looking at or if not meant to think about it still understand something outside of the image being brought into it.)
What makes this comment-able is that in certain scenarios pictures can do “more justice” than the place deserves. It is a stronger picture than it is an experience. The scene is easily captured.
What is the common thread between justice being served?
Related in what way?
“It’s so hard to put into words…” how beautiful this is “I can’t fully express…” how beautiful this is
You’ll never know.