Looking through Movement

The chapter "Practices of Looking" discusses the idea of image and different definitions of image.  It starts with a short discussion on the difference between seeing and looking.  I think as an artist this is a very important concept, to really study your surroundings and the images you are creating.  I really liked how the chapter connected the idea of representation to ideology in images.  The author discussed the idea that an image we create is a reflection or representation of not only what we look at but of our cultural, political, and economic surroundings an upbringing.  Meaning that we are conditioned to view certain images in one way or another, giving a sense of power to an image.  For example to cropped almost posed images used on the news to instill fear or worry over an accident, or how we automatically associate a head shot with personal identification whether it be a drivers license or a mug shot. I was interested especially in the section on ideology that the focus was only on American ideology, focusing on racial issues in image.  Where obviously images can easily become very controversial in America, I think arguments should have been made using comparison to other cultural ideologies.