Robert's Ramblings

Almost without exception I find people like silhouettes. So what makes them so appealing?

I'm sure it would be fun to explore the psychology of visual perception. Relate the role starkness and high contrast has to perceptions of pleasure as a new born begins translating images into a visual world.

Perhaps I will one day but for now I'll just say I love silhouettes for their crispness, their starkness and how they make me feel and not why or how they do it


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 75 - Silhouette Swan'. 1/4000 sec at 200mm f/2.8, ISO 500