I like the opening of this section which talks about the tendency to see photographs as accurate representations of things that really happened, but “that photographs are carefully constructed cultural texts that need to be read critically.” The text an image ideas were very compelling as well. I especially liked the idea of drawn out instructions about how to do something silly, like stick one’s feet out the window as Erwin Wurm did in “Instruction Drawing.”

I liked learning a little bit more about Muybridge in this chapter. His life sounds really interesting and it makes me want to read his biography. Summer reading!!! as Garth would say. His method of collaging multiple negatives together to take long exposures without blowing out the skies is a great idea, but I wonder how hard it is to make it look seamless. I loved how Frampton described Muybridge’s San Francisco panorama as “a work of sculpture turned inside out.” The lighting variations because of the long exposure times made it more interesting to look at than modern panoramas with matching lighting, in my opinion.

I suppose it’s always good to review lighting. There are many options, especially when the weather is nice and you can utilize natural light options. Reading this also really makes me want to take a lighting class because there are plenty of interesting effects that can be achieved through lighting if you know how, but only so much can be learned from a book. I also love the “Reentering My Past” image by Sarah Buckius that is used in this chapter to show various colored light filters. I would love to experiment with cellophane over lights to create different colors of light in an image like that.