1Georgie Loc: nevada

ive always been interested in fine art, just haven't been able to find much information on it beside you tube. Does anyone knows of any books that you can recommend on this topic?

Thank you

Leitz Loc: Solms

I cannot recommend any books, but must say, the more time you spend reading what others have done, the less time you will have to do your own. (And the less likely you'll develop your own style.)

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

It's all in the eye of the beholder...

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

I like "Looking at Photographs" by John Szarkowski, who was a long-time Director of Photography at the New York Museum of Modern Art. It is a collection of 100 photographs from the museum's collection, including many of the great fine art photographers, with commentary on each.

Kuzano

I have a friend who passed away about a year ago, who spent his career in academia, teaching Art History, reaching department head status. In addition, he was an accomplished photographer in large format.

His advice to anyone who asked was to encourage budding photographers to study Art History, as well as photography. Seems a bit self serving until you viewed his photography.

So, you might want to do your searching with a "bent" toward the history of fine art by itself, and as related to photography.

Found this in a simple search on the web:

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/photography/

OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) offers this video (one hour) showing the history of photography on the Columbia River Gorge. It's a well done history of fine art photographers who visited the Columbia and photographed it's beauty. One of the best known, Carleton Watkins set up his darkroom tent along the banks of the Columbia and make his wet plates, exposed them, and then fixed the plates in the field. His work was well known and displayed. His work was destroyed when stored in a studio during the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (as I recall).

In any event, the video on OPB is illustrative of Photography for Art as applied in the late 1800's in the PNW. The link to "The River They Saw" on OPB.

http://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/segment/the-river-they-saw/

There are a lot of links on the OPB page that indicate many sources and books of fine art photography information.

Good luck on your search, and as Mike suggested... Look a bit more at Art History.

tsilva Loc: Arizona

You need to define "fine art". There are many types in photography (mostly by people that take crap pictures and then try to pass it off as "art")

What genre are you interested in?

nmachtiger

Google Alain Broit. He has written extensively on the subject here :http://luminous-landscape.com/

1Georgie Loc: nevada

Thanks everyone for the information. Very helpful

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

Nice response. Kudos.

emmons267 Loc: Arizona, Valley of the Sun

Fine art and photographic art are very different. I don't consider photographic art as fine art.

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

An interesting opinion, not held by all, I suspect. How about sharing with us your take on the difference?

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

Thanks for posting this reply --- I'm always interested in learning something new.

emmons267 Loc: Arizona, Valley of the Sun

Just running out the door...

The process to create the end results are what distinguishes them in my mind...
More to follow.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Our local Fine Arts community has a section devoted to photograhy

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

Great. Look forward to the discussion.