On Perspective

We learned to recognize photography as images that somewhat resembles what we see with our eyes. 'Pictures don't lie', they say.  True, that it captures light bouncing off from the subject and replicates it onto a sensor/film using complex optical science... so there is no lie going on, just physics. If that is the case where is the 'art' in photography? Where is the part that makes the picture "unique"? Isn't one of the criteria of "art", is that it is unique? Something that belongs to a psyche of just one person?

This is a curtain hanging from its rod in front of a closed shade.  Why does it look like a thick muddy dreadlock of a space creature? Or high resolution scan of a strange hair strand? Its because I omitted to show the elements that are distinguishable. And the viewer's brain starts to interpret the images using their own knowledge base.  So when the images seems to get more father away from reality,  we rely on our own perception to make sense of the art.  And I think that's why art makes us think about ourselves.

This is a string thing that you pull to raise and lower the shades, but its rotated sideways.
I believe the art is created not when you take the picture, but when you look at it. It is the interpretation of the lines and shapes the 'art factor' comes in to life.

Light beam coming from the front door with partial reflection on the wall. To me this is not a series of abstracts. These are realistic capture of light rays interacting with paint, walls, fabric...

Light coming in from a side of a window and rotated.  We see this day in and day out. Its about what choice do we have when looking at things. Same window sill but if you choose to, you can see this.

Beaded bamboo thing for decoration, in front of a beam between two windows.  Yes, its out of focus. Your eyes gets out of focus too sometimes.