The Quest for Good Photographs and How the Brain Perceives Images

By Charles S. Johnson, Jr
Science and art are products of the mind; they are of the mind yet they are the mind,Robert L. Solso
What people find beautiful is not arbitrary or random but has evolved over millions of years of hominid sensory, perceptual, and cognitive development, Michael S. Gazzaniga
Everything the visual system does is based on (such) educated guesswork,V. S. Ramachandran and S. Blakeslee
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1 – What is a good photograph?
To most casual camera users, photography provides documentation of people and events.  It “saves” memories and is usually judged by its subject content.  Did it capture a likeness, was there good timing, and so on?  Family and friends glance at photographs and say “that is a good one” or maybe “I would like a copy.”  When the photographer has better, more expensive, equipment there is a natural tendency to expect better photographs.  When more is expected, there will be more disappointments. ...