Talk:Droste effect
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I think the Morton salt girl is sometimes shown in the same way. AnonMoos 14:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Douglas Hofstadter mentions the Morton salt girl, video feedback loops, mirrors-held-up-to-mirrors, and other similar phenomena as examples of a concept he elaborates on and calls a "strange loop," in his new book I am a Strange Loop. I think he may have gone into it in GEB as well, but I don't remember, and I don't remember if he mentioned the Droste effect by name. I humbly suggest someone who can authoritatively say what the difference is between a Hofstadterian strange loop and the Droste effect please edit this page, or merge them, or at least link them to each other in the "See also" section or SOMETHING.... as they are similar enough ideas. All I remember for certain is that a strange loop percieves itself, whereas video feedback and the Droste lady picture and the Morton girl pictures do not, but... yeah. Katyism 15:51, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
- I hope that as a native speaker of Dutch I can provide the authority required: the Droste effect is the specific pictorial effect of having the picture appear within itself, in such a way that it appears infinitely often; so it is a particular type of strange loop. Rp (talk) 20:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
Photos from a digg article http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshsommers/sets/72157594405604955/ Katyism 15:51, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
How does one pronounce Droste? Does the "e" drop? 139.179.137.233 —Preceding comment was added at 23:50, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
