From the photographer's thought to the aesthetic experience Andreas Feininger's Visual Philosophy

Abstract

At a time like the present, when images proliferate with unusual speed and abundance, an approach to the mind of an artist photographer can help to recall the existence of a thought, of a gaze animated by a specific spirit, behind the photographs presented as works of art in exhibitions and publications. It can also help us to see other images as such, those of each individual, if we recognise the existence of a philosophy of photography, comparable to that which exists behind the other visual arts. Andreas Feininger clearly offers his own, and through it a bridge can be established to approach the reflective shore also inhabited by this young Art.