Projections
Channel: Doug Johnson
Date: 2020-05-04

Every now and then, after looking at one of my photographs, someone will ask me how I "see." It's meant as a compliment -- they like the image and are curious what I was seeing and thinking when I took it. It's a good question but hard to answer. When I'm taking pictures, I try to view the world in a way that's different from how you and I normally see things. In fact, I have to consciously switch into what I'll call "raw mode" by tricking my brain into dialing down two of the key features that we all use all the time when looking at the world.