Takashi Homma "seeing itself for new photography"

“Humankind, stuck in Plato's cave as ever, still enjoys the illusion of truth in the old-fashioned way.” Sontag wrote this at the beginning of "On Photography," reminding us of the importance of visual literacy today. However, I now believe that it is precisely in that dark cave that we should dwell, and perhaps even be enveloped by that illusion. ーTakashi Homma

This textbook compiles photographer Takashi Homma's thoughts and practices on photography and vision. Approximately 15 years after "Fun Photographs" (2009), Homma's theories, practices, and impressions on seeing and taking photographs are re-examined, deconstructing the act of seeing, which we casually engage with every day, and bringing new room and fluidity to it.
　
“photography is first of all, a way of seeing. It’s is not seeing itself," Susan Sontag wrote. I agree with that. But I dare to think about "seeing itself" once more," (Introduction). Starting with Sontag's words, the author discusses topics he has long engaged with alongside his photography and creative work—"affordance" as proposed by psychologist James J. Gibson, the duality in images, a hypothesis about Takuma Nakahira, and the practice of camera obscura—all interwoven with examples, actual works, and quotes and fragments.
　
For contemporary people living in what can be called the age of visuals, this book serves as an opportunity to reconsider the reality of the world we see every day.
　(From the publisher's website)