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In my view, there's a difference between 'looking' at photographs and 'seeing' photographs - for me looking is like skimming a page of a book, while truly reading is a more engaged, active reading process, where we work towards a deeper comprehension and meaning. Similarly, 'seeing' a photograph involves looking deeply into it with our whole being, opening to it, and not judging it. I'm setting myself a goal, during the 2023 Contact Photography Festival in Toronto this month, of opening myself up as completely as I can to the work of other photographers....of seeing/listening to the images in the manner described below.
"Listening is a far more difficult process than most people imagine. Really to listen in the way that is meant by the masters, is to let go utterly of ourselves, to let go of all the information, all the concepts, all the ideas, and all the prejudices that our heads are stuffed with. If you really listen to the teachings, those concepts, which are our real hindrance-the one thing that stands between us and our true nature-can slowly and steadily be washed away." from the book Glimpse After Glimpse by Sogyal Rinpoche
If we substitute the word 'see' for listen then you get the drift of what I'm trying to convey here.
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