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As someone who knows nothing about photography, I thought the pics looked pretty cool.

This perspective of viewing when you know nothing about a subject and having an opinion only based on the work itself, and not instantly comparing it to something similar you saw the other day or claiming it's not even that hard or that pics have been heavily edited ( I believed that they weren't since the title said photography ). Do people lose this perspective of looking at something with fresh eyes when they know a little or too much about it ?

I think they do, but I'd say that's a good thing - a natural development and evolvement of your taste. Slowly and after collecting countless more reference points you learn to view art, work, things in context and comparison to other works.

Of course this also applies to the things that once inspired you at the start of your journey - now you can see if they stand the test of time (and developed taste) and still impress after having dug much deeper into the subject, genre or category. After all Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue", which was probably a starting point for many listeners trying to get into jazz, certainly still is an alltime classic and favorite of experts and enthusiasts.

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