An Active Perception

The perceiver is not seen as a passive and in-
different organism but rather as one who actively
selects information, forms perceptual hypotheses,
and on occasion distorts the input in the service of
reducing surprise and of attaining valued objects. Jerome Bruner

Winogrand: evans

my attitude to a lot of things is different from Evans’. Let’s say
I have a different kind of respect for the things in the world
than he does. I have a different kind of seriousness. This might
be misunderstood, but I certainly think that my attitude is dif-
ferent. And generally the cameras I use, and how I use them,
are different. The things that he photographs describe a certain
kind of exquisite taste. And let’s say the things I photograph
may describe a lack of that. You know what I mean? He was
like a very good shopper.garry winogrand