Associations in Art & Photography

The data was created for a paper presented for a lecture presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. on August 4th, 2000. It was based upon research I did on the subject of associations in order to study their role and use in photography and art. This paper shows how they are caused and what they mean in order to better understand them. In this paper I describe some ways to make sure that associations are valid, some techniques to create associations, associations and the subconscious, a passive approach to your associations, an active approach to your associations personal vs. universal symbol associations, the symbol immersion technique, carrying the symbol forward and backward in time, symbol amplification and dialoguing in relation to pictures, symbol associations and symbol linking, stimulating the mind to create associations and various techniques to create them such as the use of Synchronicity Techniques like the I Ching. Finally, it gives some photographic illustrations.

本数据集为2000年8月4日于美国华盛顿特区举办的美国心理学会（American Psychological Association, APA）年会讲座论文而制作。其基于笔者针对联想（associations）开展的研究，旨在探究联想在摄影与艺术领域的作用与应用。本文阐释了联想的产生机制与内涵，以推动对其的深入理解。文中详述了多项内容：确保联想有效性的方法、构建联想的各类技巧、联想与潜意识的关联、联想的被动探究路径与主动探究路径、个人符号联想与通用符号联想的对比、符号沉浸技法、符号的时空穿梭运用、符号放大与图像对话法、符号联想与符号联结法、激发思维以生成联想的手段，以及诸如易经（I Ching）这类同步性（Synchronicity）技法在内的多种联想构建技巧。文末还附带了部分摄影插图作为示例。