Photographer: Learning To See


Michael Czeiszperger has a wonderful eye for the detail of life, and as his aptly named photoblog explains, this site is his process of pulling the special moments out of life to give the viewer a chance to not only relate and “get the picture”, but recall their own similar experiences and memories. Michael explains how all of his photos are untitled:

The main reason for that is I want each viewer to have the opportunity to react in their own way without being told how to feel. Adding a title becomes a game where the viewer glances at an image, reads the title, and then tries to “get it”, as if the picture is a test question with only one answer. For example, if you look at a picture of a boy crying, imagine the changes in your response if the title was “Dropped Candy” vs. “Grandparent Died”. In both cases the image is exactly the same, but our reactions and emotions are not. The logical extension of having a title is adding a narrative, which is the purview of photojournalism. There is an art to telling a story with pictures, but that is the opposite of what I do. My goal is to have each picture survive on its own visual merits without having to rely on any one context.

I really like that thinking he put into his photos, here are a few of my favorites from one of his galleries.

Check out more of his work at: learningtosee.org


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