Means of Achieving the Effect of Transcendent Perception in Landscape Photography

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to conceptualise the specificity of imagery in landscape photography and to identify the characteristic means of achieving the effect of its transcendent perception. The research methodology is based on the application of a range of approaches: the analytical approach, used to examine and interpret the scholarly literature on the topic; the interdisciplinary approach, which made it possible to comprehensively consider existing definitions of transcendence within related fields of the humanities, to trace the impact of contemporary digital photography on the evolution of the landscape genre, to identify genre-specific means of achieving a high level of artistic expressiveness, and to formulate substantiated conclusions; and the systemic approach, employing a range of methods (art historical analysis, problem-oriented analysis, and theoretical generalisation) aimed to provide a comprehensive investigation of the research subject. The scientific novelty of the article lies in a comprehensive conceptualisation of specific artistic means and the techniques of their application in landscape photography to achieve the artistic expressiveness of the work, accompanied by an effect of transcendent perception. Conclusions. The study establishes that the transcendent effect in landscape photography is a complex synthetic phenomenon formed at the intersection of: aesthetic categories (the sublime, the beautiful, the minimalist); compositional solutions (scale, space, rhythm, symmetry); visual parameters (light, tonality, texture); and the perceptual mechanisms of the viewer. It is demonstrated that the achievement of transcendent perception is not incidental, but is realised through the deliberate use of artistic means that can be classified and described within a scientific framework. Landscape photography thus emerges not only as a representation of reality but also as an instrument for shaping an experience that transcends immediate sensory perception, which determines its significance in contemporary artistic and scholarly discourse.