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About the Photo: I made it blured because concerning proxemics we shouldn't depict images in public space, however this may seem odd to some of you, it makes much sense at least to some cultures, Portugal included. We even have rules that point that out. For firsters, my grandmother told me when I was making the shoot: "You can't photograph the license plate, it's illegal, you know?" - I didn't. Luckly, I was already making it blur on purpose, because, just like in my previous shot (F*ck X-mas, I got the Blues) I was following a kind of a trend of my own: when in the street, make it blur - due to a proxemics class I had when a teacher told us we aren't supposed to capture nitid images of people in the street - and I thought to myself: well, it should apply to cars and traffic to! and it does!

On another level, you can see much more of proxemics in this photo than just that concern of blur. the use of colours and measurements of several different proximities between the light's reflections reminded me those of people in non.verbal language - which proxemics is all about.

After you read these quotes and sites you'll see the same as I do!

Last, but not least, I want to dedicate this to ~GoncaloBorgesDias due to our chat about proxemics

Being crowded in a dance club or running the New York City Marathon is far different from being packed into a train car during rush hour or stuck on a freeway (yes, proxemics has been linked to road rage).
in: In Certain Circles, Two Is a Crowd

The term proxemics was introduced by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1966 to describe set measurable distances between people as they interact.[1] The effects of proxemics, according to Hall, can be summarized by the following loose rule:

“ Like gravity, the influence of two bodies on each other is inversely proportional not only to the square of their distance but possibly even the cube of the distance between them. "

in wikipedia, research: proxemics

You can read more about the Theory of Proxemics in:
. Proxemics
. Proxemics, how we use space

Description
About the Photo: I made it blured because concerning proxemics we shouldn't depict images in public space, however this may seem odd to some of you, it makes much sense at least to some cultures, Portugal included. We even have rules that point that out. For firsters, my grandmother told me when I was making the shoot: "You can't photograph the license plate, it's illegal, you know?" - I didn't. Luckly, I was already making it blur on purpose, because, just like in my previous shot (F*ck X-mas, I got the Blues) I was following a kind of a trend of my own: when in the street, make it blur - due to a proxemics class I had when a teacher told us we aren't supposed to capture nitid images of people in the street - and I thought to myself: well, it should apply to cars and traffic to! and it does!

On another level, you can see much more of proxemics in this photo than just that concern of blur. the use of colours and measurements of several different proximities between the light's reflections reminded me those of people in non.verbal language - which proxemics is all about.

After you read these quotes and sites you'll see the same as I do!

Last, but not least, I want to dedicate this to ~GoncaloBorgesDias due to our chat about proxemics

Being crowded in a dance club or running the New York City Marathon is far different from being packed into a train car during rush hour or stuck on a freeway (yes, proxemics has been linked to road rage).
in: In Certain Circles, Two Is a Crowd

The term proxemics was introduced by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1966 to describe set measurable distances between people as they interact.[1] The effects of proxemics, according to Hall, can be summarized by the following loose rule:

“ Like gravity, the influence of two bodies on each other is inversely proportional not only to the square of their distance but possibly even the cube of the distance between them. "

in wikipedia, research: proxemics

You can read more about the Theory of Proxemics in:
. Proxemics
. Proxemics, how we use space