12 Disinterested Interest
The criterion for art is no longer just the visual world. One of the major changes evidenced in modern art is the transition from what was basically an outer directed art form in the nineteenth century to the inner directed art of today. The contemporary artist draws upon new levels of consciousness, creating a span of aesthetic that is without precedent. To date, photography has played a minor role in this liberation. We have kept blinders on our eyes, restricting the potential imaginative freedom that photography is capable of.
—Jerry Uelsmann
Nearly 40 years before the invention of photography, philosopher Immanuel Kant presciently confronted what would later become one of the most contentious questions haunting ...
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