Is there any shortcut or technique to memorize an image?
And by Image I mena a visual, static figure, wich may or may not contain characters (words or numbers).
A sucessful memorization of such an image would be like seeing a photograph, and being able to discern any aspect of it.
I’m not to sure if there’s actually a Mnemonic Technique to PERFECTLY memorize a picture…
Although, I find that if I practice often - such as, I take a picture I like, stare at it for a few minutes - holding the image in my mind, I’m quite confident in my ability to recreate it. The more It’s done - the easier it becomes, especially if I dedicate a wall, or a doorway - or SOMETHING in a memory palace to showing it.
Either way, I’ll be watching this thread just to see if anyone posts something miraculous… Crossing my fingers!!! 
I haven’t tried it yet, but one idea is to create a very detailed memory palace through the picture. If you have a location attached to each important detail, your mind should be able to remember it.
Check out the image below. I removed the color from the image so that the numbers would stand out. It is just an example so I only put 25 sample locations in it.
I was thinking about doing this for paintings, based on a couple of recent posts about using paintings as memory palaces. I’ve also been wondering if one could use a similar technique to remember specific locations in detail, like a room that one wanted to keep a strong memory of.
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I like that idea. I’ve also contemplated using such a method - although for me, it may have to be a picture of something in the real world. I just can’t keep straight-up colours focused in my mind - what’s a real shame… But real-world colours are easy to remember, probably because of all the detail and imperfections they come with!
But here’s the thing - How would you remember what loci was number, say, “6” and what was “72”? That’s my one concern. It wouldn’t be as easy as a journey method - and if you tried to visualize the entire picture in your mind, it may be hard to remember where what number is actually located!
That said, maybe I’m all wrong. It’s something to think about anyway
By always following the same order through the journey, the order would be preserved. I like to go clockwise, because my images inside of a single location go from left to right or top to bottom. In journeys where the motion goes counterclockwise, it means I have to keep switching directions. In the image above, I made a few skips just to try to preserve the generally left to right and top to bottom directions.
Every fifth location can be marked, and that creates an index in the memory palace. Since you would have a mark at the 70th location, you could just go to the 70th location and then move forward two spaces to find the 72nd.
LOOK FOR THE BOUNDED SURFACES.
not shapes,but bounded surfaces.the bounds can be of any shape and length.and the surface that it is bounding.The area covered by the surface,color,texture etc.It takes a little getting used to but once you get the hang of it,believe me the RESULT IS VERY REWARDING.you will find that you can memorize things you see everyday.
Example,take the picture used by Josh Cohen.In one second(if you have gotten very familiar with this technique),you will be quick to notice THREE bounded surfaces.circular,enclosing the surfaces the three light bulbs.then you would notice that the AURA of the bulb is itself a bounded surface enclosing the BULB which is a small bounded surfaces.
you can divide and count in mere seconds and remember the details of the picture with the utmost accuracy for lengthy periods of time.Glad to help you
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can you give another example please
Josh Cohen Can you repost the image you mention I don’t see anything.
Sorry, the picture was missing due to a bug. It’s back now.