Artists like David Cass often explore this same boundary—how we use photographic images to make our work feel "palpable and present" even when we can't be there in person. Lessons from the Frame
In the world of computer science, there are certain images that everyone knows. They aren't famous because they hung in the Louvre; they’re famous because they’ve been processed, segmented, and analyzed by thousands of algorithms. One such quiet icon is . Why We Look at the Mundane 000030.jpg
: Notice how the subject is framed against the background. Even a "random" dataset photo follows basic rules of focus and contrast. Artists like David Cass often explore this same