360 GRADI MAGAZINE January/February 2021

JARLA CAPALINI
Jarla Capalini,
PHOTOGRAPHY
Head Column
Writing with light, from the Greek φῶς, φωτός, “light” and
γραϕία, “writing”, this is “photography”.
Now I know that talking about photography in Second
Life will surely make purists curl their noses or smile at
the most benevolent professionals and enthusiasts. Still,
once there were film and exposure meter, then came
digital cameras and files today. We also use phones to take
pictures, and thanks (maybe) to them, photography is now
within everyone’s reach.
Here then is that a “viewer,” with all its peculiarities
techniques can become a perfect means to “write” with the
virtual “light” the encounter between the subject and the
eye of the photographer, from which a new possible vision
is born.
The imagination of reality, albeit virtual.
This one we will do in our journey among the
photographers of Second Life: we will talk about
technique, composition, inspiration and
passion, hoping to convince skeptics that our images,
although depicting a world of pixels,
can rightly be considered “photography.”
Jarla
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