Would another variant of empathetic gaze be images that majorly include, with the person, that persons's work, or art, or something they are observing, in a way that shows them focused on it? I'm thinking of photos of kids playing with blocks, someone kneeling down to pet a dog, a hiker bending to pick up a rock, an artist painting, an roboticist making adjustments - the 'we are looking at this thing together; look at me being with my cool thing' photo.
For me, because eye contact doesn't quite work to convey mood or encourage bonding, that's something a lot more meaningful. But it makes a lot of sense that putting generally-informative pieces of body language (face/eyes and hands) in the focus lines instead of body parts regarded as titillating encourages people to think of the subject of the photo asa person.
I think N.K. Jemisin wrote an interesting blog entry about her official author photo and the photo shoot, let me see if I can find it... http://nkjemisin.com/2015/06/new-author-photo-starred-review/ And her eyes appear to be on that 1/3 from top line mentioned. Cool!
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Would another variant of empathetic gaze be images that majorly include, with the person, that persons's work, or art, or something they are observing, in a way that shows them focused on it? I'm thinking of photos of kids playing with blocks, someone kneeling down to pet a dog, a hiker bending to pick up a rock, an artist painting, an roboticist making adjustments - the 'we are looking at this thing together; look at me being with my cool thing' photo.
For me, because eye contact doesn't quite work to convey mood or encourage bonding, that's something a lot more meaningful. But it makes a lot of sense that putting generally-informative pieces of body language (face/eyes and hands) in the focus lines instead of body parts regarded as titillating encourages people to think of the subject of the photo asa person.
I think N.K. Jemisin wrote an interesting blog entry about her official author photo and the photo shoot, let me see if I can find it... http://nkjemisin.com/2015/06/new-author-photo-starred-review/ And her eyes appear to be on that 1/3 from top line mentioned. Cool!
Thanks for sharing.