On Visual Thinking - Anne Whiston Spirn / The Eye is a Door (2014)

Aerial Urban Landscape - Mitchell Road / Alexandria (Wed 29 July 2002)

Anne Whiston Spirn on Visual Thinking:

Visual thinking is a powerful ability, and photography one of its tools, but that potential is unfulfilled

via Pick up a camera and use it to see, think, and discover (pdf) by Anne Whiston Spirn.

Have followed Anne's words and photos for a long time. I see shades of my own vision in her photos and her words are ever inspiring for someone who struggles with words - they are so hard to find for me. I suspect I am more visual than verbal. Thanks for putting it all so nicely Anne.

On Landscape - Anne Whiston Spirn / The Eye is a Door (2014)

Sandstone Landscape - La Perouse (22 Jul 2002)

Anne Whiston Spirn on Landscape:

Landscape is an ideal vehicle for honing the skill of visual thinking; it is always at hand, whether in city, suburb, or countryside, and its meanings are not just metaphorical but real, practical as well as poetic.

via Pick up a camera and use it to see, think, and discover. (pdf) by Anne Whiston Spirn.

On Doorways - Pisa / Italy (Wed 11 Aug 2005) / Seoul / South Korea (Wed 12 Sep 2012)

Doorway - Pisa / Italy (Wed 10 Aug 2005)
Doorway - Seoul / South Korea (Wed 12 Sep 2012)

I love the dark spaces in between the doors.

The Eye Is a Door - Anne Whiston Spirn (Fri 29 Jun 2012)

The Eye Is a Door (*) - vimeo (*) - Anne Whiston Spirn (*) (Fri 29 Jun 2012)
Well worth watching. Look forward to the release of the book. I have a copy of her book Language of Landscape (*)

The Eye Is a Door: Photography and the Art of Visual Thinking is about seeing as a way of knowing and photography as a medium of thought and a mode of discovery. To photograph mindfully is to look and think, to open a door between what can be seen directly and what is hidden and can only be imagined.

I like her photographs.