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PERSPECTIVE IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
An LKL Maths-Art Seminar
by Richard Phillips
Thursday 13 September 2012, 6.00 - 7.30pm
Perspective is usually discussed as a drawing system used by artists,
and its place in the history of art. But perspective pictures can be
made effortlessly by taking photographs, and this is the starting point
for an exploration of the geometry of perspective, and its implications
for the way the brain interprets pictures. We have no difficulty in
viewing pictures from oblique angles and from distances that do not
reconstruct the geometry of the original scene. Some insight into what
the brain is doing can be gained from the distortions seen in
photographs taken with short and long lenses.
RICHARD PHILLIPS is a freelance educational writer, photographer and
multimedia designer. He has worked at the Shell Centre for Mathematical
Education at the University of Nottingham, and before that at University
College London and the Royal College of Art. He has contributed to many
educational publications. Recent work includes the Problem Pictures
series of CD-ROMs which use photographs as starters for mathematical
ideas. Richard's website is http://www.badseypublications.co.uk/ . This
talk is based on Richard's latest book - find out more at the website.
Next seminars: 11 October, Taneli Luotoniemi, "Towards a
three-dimensional knot ornamentation"; 8 November, Adam Ockelford,
"Zygonic theory: a new approach to music analysis"; 13 December,
Pre-Xmas Mathematics and Art "Hands On"
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