Photography and the Feelings of Others: From Mirroring Emotions to the Theory of Mind

Photography is powerful because we can place ourselves into the perspective of those we see in an image. Whether it's street photography, photojournalism or portraiture, we use photography to understand ourselves in relation to people around us. Think of Henri Cartier-Bresson's Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Nick Ut's Napalm Girl or Richard Avedon's portrait of Marilyn […]