If you’re interested in animal rights, the approach you take—whether post-Kantian or rooted in Speculative Realism—will significantly influence both the focus of your images and the narratives they construct. Here’s how your documentary photography might differ under these two philosophical frameworks: Post-Kantian Approach to Animal Rights Photography: Speculative Realism Approach to Animal Rights Photography: In…

The Speculative Realism movement is a contemporary philosophical approach that emerged in the early 21st century, challenging the dominant post-Kantian tradition in Western philosophy, which emphasizes the central role of human cognition in understanding reality. This movement is characterized by its critique of “correlationism,” a term coined by philosopher Quentin Meillassoux. Correlationism is the idea…