Category Archives: The Art in Reality
The Pessimism Market
Photographers should note that Fine Art Photography is a sliver of the total art market and accounts for approximately 8% of all the sales, but it is 8% of a big number. Continue reading
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Defining “Fine Art Photography” – The last word?
The artist’s value definition for his work occurs by deferring to times past. Continue reading
Postmodernism – Deconstruction and Fine Art Photography
As it relates to art, Postmodernism means just about any form that challenges modern concepts and concerns. Painters and music led the way into this period, and Photography, as it has since its invention, followed later. Postmodernist photography rejects the ‘rules’ and concentrates on ‘banal’ subject matter, with a dispassionate, cold, and heavy focus on the ugly around us. Continue reading
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The Trinity: An Era Past
“And the three men I admire most, the father, son, and the Holy Ghost, they caught the last train for the coast, the day the music (Fine Art) died.” Continue reading
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Minor White— Equivalence is Synthesis
Minor White is the third in the trinity of early photographic leaders who advanced the medium as a Fine Art. Continue reading
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Fine Art Photography On Purpose – Ansel Adams
While there are many iconic Fine Art Photographers, Fine Art leaders are few. Continue reading
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Defining Fine Art Photography – Stieglitz, an Early Pioneer
It is important to recognize that Fine Art Photography is not an invention; it came to be much as the earth came to be through a succession of primordial events Continue reading
Defining Fine Art Photography – Challenging the Viewer
In my last blog, we looked at some of the more esoteric and academic approaches to defining Fine Art Photography. I concluded with my view that, “the best definition of Fine Art Photography surfaces when the viewer and creator can … Continue reading
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Defining Fine Art Photography— Part One
This post is Part One of a series of blog posts I will upload over the next couple of weeks concerning the definition of “Fine Art Photography.” Please feel free to contribute your own feedback and perspectives by leaving a … Continue reading
The Screw Factory
The assignment called for the photographer (me) to capture a library of images. These images were to be used by the web designer on the company’s new site, for the creation of a flash presentation, and in printed materials. There … Continue reading
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