Talia Ringelstein - Selective Photography

How is viewer perception impacted by selective framing?

As photo-takers, we have the ability to decide how we want an image to look; we can cut out what we don’t like or manipulate an image completely. For the making of creative or impactful imagery, this is of course very useful but it is also something to be mindful of. Over-manipulation, frame cutting and reconstructing an atmosphere so far from realism can lead to a misinterpretation of information. As a viewer, it’s important to recognise that not everything shown on social media is a true depiction of reality, especially in this day and age.

When I catch myself purposefully cutting out certain aspects of an image, I like to take a comparative image, revealing what it is I chose to remove. Rather than always just simply having a finalised image, I feel it allows me to share the process of my image taking with an audience.