Paintings thumb|upright|Titian's Venus with a Mirror Painters depicting someone gazing into a mirror often also show the person's reflection. This is a kind of abstraction—in most cases the angle of view is such that the person's reflection should not be visible. Similarly, in movies and still photography an actor or actress is often shown ostensibly looking at him- or herself in a mirror, and yet the reflection faces the camera. In reality, the actor or actress sees only the camera and its operator in this case, not their own reflection. In the psychology of perception, this is known as the Venus effect.
Paintings thumb|upright|Titian's Venus with a Mirror Painters depicting someone gazing into a mirror often also show the person's reflection This is a kind of abstraction—in most cases the angle of view is such that the person's reflection should not be visible Similarly in movies and still photography an actor or actress is often shown ostensibly looking at him- or herself in a mirror and yet the reflection faces the camera In reality the actor or actress sees only the camera and its operator in this case not their own reflection In the psychology of perception this is known as the Venus effect