Summary of Ways of seeing.

Ways of seeing seeks to express how important images are, due to they represent one of the most important act done by human beings; the act of seeing. The book begins by saying that “seeing becomes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.” We are always seeing things and people, no matter where we are or what we are doing. However, the perspective we get from seeing is not neutral, I mean it is determined or at least influenced by our previous knowledge or our beliefs. From this fact is understandable to think that the way people see changes through time, history and context. There are several ways to show ways of seeing; images, pictures, paintings, etc. Every image wants to communicate something. What we need to be aware of is what it is, why and from what point of view it comes.

Summary of Ways of seeing.