Social History Studies, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)
Biannual Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring and Summer 2021, 33-62
Doi: 10.30465/shc.2021.34985.2199
The Haptic Perception and Social Photographs Analysis
Mohamad Hasanpur
*
Abstract
The sense of touch is the key to understanding the having been the world because
without it the human is more like an observer in relation to the world. Touch
integrates our experiences of the world and of ourselves. Even visual perceptions are
fused and integrated into the haptic continuum of the self. In relation to the visual
arts, and especially the photographs, the haptic perception that takes into account
various perceptual aspects will be more precise than the tactile one that is restricted
to physical touch: the way we touch feeling on the skin and inside the body is the
haptic perception. Visual effects can convey perceptual values through the subject
and its representation style. So we conclude that in the analysis of social
photographs, tactile perception, and non-visual senses often play an important role
not only in stimulating past memories, but in activating and shaping them, and by
promoting interest-based physical activity, the tactile sense transmits to and from the
photo frame. In the process of interpretation family photographs, and in general,
social photographs that are relevant to the lives of people, there are two distinct
tactile functions: in the metaphorical touch of the photograph, the act of
understanding is possible through the visual values of the frame and their function
due to the power of touch. Physical touch, the action of the touch takes place
physically, in which both the tactile perception of the photograph, determines
* Assistant Professor of Handicrafts, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Sistan and Baluchistan
University, Zahedan, Iran, mim.hasanpur@gmail.com
Date received: 24/05/2021, Date of acceptance: 02/10/2021
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