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The Artist.
- Thread starter Oldbones
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What is "Fine Art Photography" ?
Its usually minimalist and long exposure, often containing seascapes, shipwrecks and old jetty's etc.
A good you tube channel for this is Gary Gouch, https://www.youtube.com/@GaryGough
He is good and very experienced in fine art photography.
And here's me thinking that the term "fine art photographer" is a meaningless term much used by some American photographers to make their work seem more important....
And I'm not a big fan of long exposures either. Sounds like we are getting along fine here!
I like your photograph though, and that's what is important.
Whereabouts in the North East are you from?
Another photographer to look at is Jasper Goodall, his work is different but still considered fine art photography.And here's me thinking that the term "fine art photographer" is a meaningless term much used by some American photographers to make their work seem more important....
And I'm not a big fan of long exposures either. Sounds like we are getting along fine here!
I like your photograph though, and that's what is important.
Whereabouts in the North East are you from?
Me, I live in Aberdeenshire, but have also lived in the North of Yorkshire and Northumberland.
Thank you for liking my photograph.
At this point I am trying to get comfortable with correct exposure.
You'll forgive me if add my two ha'pence ...
It seems to me that fine art photography has more to do with the mindset of the photographer and their approach than it has with style or genre. There are people who consider themselves artists first but use photographic techniques to express themselves. There are too photographers who have an artistic outlook.
For artists I might include Man Ray, David Hockney, Michael Flomen, Miho Kajioka, Rinko Kawauchi, Gilbert and George, and Catherine Opie just to scratch at the surface.
For photographers I might add Ansel Adams, Sebastio Salgado, Joe Cornish, Josef Sudek, Duane Michals, Stephen Shore, Harry Callahan and a host of others.
The issue is that the term is so wide ranging it is difficult to pin down.
For myself, I take a interest in art, particularly contemporary art, to try to understand how artists actually think. There are plenty YouTube videos that can help with this, but a good starting point for me was the BBC series "What do Artists do all Day", a couple of which are on iPlayer and more on YouTube. I am not great at it (understatement) but I find that to think of a concept first and then to solve the challenges of making the image in my head appear on the page to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of our hobby.
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Your very welcome to comment, we all can learn something, even the list of names gives us something to look into.
Its amazing how the mind works with things like this, and how one looks at the most simple of things in a new light.
We went to a garden centre today, normal weekend activity for us, now I always look at the art work for sale and wonder if I could recreate similar image's with my camera in my home.
What I mean is a few books on a shelf, a single flower in a small vase and all sorts of still life items.
The art work sells for a pretty penny, another thought provoking fact.
Its amazing how the mind works with things like this, and how one looks at the most simple of things in a new light.
We went to a garden centre today, normal weekend activity for us, now I always look at the art work for sale and wonder if I could recreate similar image's with my camera in my home.
What I mean is a few books on a shelf, a single flower in a small vase and all sorts of still life items.
The art work sells for a pretty penny, another thought provoking fact.