Photograph or Illusion
May 10, 2016 19:38:54 #
I believe so-called "photographs" that were created in someone's mind and then brought to life by a digital processing program are not photographs but creative artwork.
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
May 10, 2016 19:43:51 #
I tend to think of untouched photographs as documentation.They can be either utilitarian or beautiful depending on the subject. A well-conceived image with beauty, carefully created, that inspires the soul or expresses something from within the creator is art.
And here we go ... 1,2,3 ....
And here we go ... 1,2,3 ....
May 10, 2016 19:56:46 #
Zoo_man wrote:
I believe so-called "photographs" that were created in someone's mind and then brought to life by a digital processing program are not photographs but creative artwork.
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
Approximate quote: "The goal of a photograph is to create the illusion of reality". --A Adams. I can look up the exact words this evening if anyone requests.
May 10, 2016 20:05:26 #
Zoo_man wrote:
I believe so-called "photographs" that were created in someone's mind and then brought to life by a digital processing program are not photographs but creative artwork.
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
I possess so little art that I first strive for the "realm of reality." So many artists explore the depth of shadow and the scintilations of light and the sensations of color that seem to me to be foreign to a sufficient natural beauty of my world.
That said, diversity in perception is a big place.
May 10, 2016 20:21:28 #
Zoo_man wrote:
I believe so-called "photographs" that were created in someone's mind and then brought to life by a digital processing program are not photographs but creative artwork.
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
Every photography is an illusion. And photographs that aren't intended to show the world the way the eye sees it are still photographs.
May 10, 2016 20:26:12 #
Zoo_man wrote:
I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Take up knitting. Photography has never been reality. All photographs are an illusion, an abstraction of reality.
May 10, 2016 20:32:43 #
Fred Harwood wrote:
I possess so little art that I first strive for the "realm of reality." So many artists explore the depth of shadow and the scintilations of light and the sensations of color that seem to me to be foreign to a sufficient natural beauty of my world.
That said, diversity in perception is a big place.
That said, diversity in perception is a big place.
Are you really wanting to say that "the depth of shadow and the scintilations of light and the sensations of color" are foreign to natural beauty??? I've always thought they are not just a part of it, but the major part of beauty (natural or otherwise).
What else is there? What constitutes "beauty" in visual perception if not exactly those things?
May 11, 2016 06:53:13 #
Zoo_man wrote:
I believe so-called "photographs" that were created in someone's mind and then brought to life by a digital processing program are not photographs but creative artwork.
."A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
."A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
I agree.
May 11, 2016 07:03:01 #
paulrph1
Loc: Washington, Utah
Zoo_man wrote:
I believe so-called "photographs" that were created in someone's mind and then brought to life by a digital processing program are not photographs but creative artwork.
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
To me photography has always been a vignette of life. Capturing those sometimes moments that may never happen again. Even a scenic will not be the same when you return. So I deal in reality and find disturbing people that want to manipulate life in a dark room. We see to much manipulation, no matter what the excuse is. There is beauty all around if we will open out eyes. And it does not have to be manufactured.
May 11, 2016 07:08:35 #
Don't forget in the film days we created illusions in the darkroom only now is it made easier to do, however the same effects could be made under the enlarger.
Zoo_man wrote:
I believe so-called "photographs" that were created in someone's mind and then brought to life by a digital processing program are not photographs but creative artwork.
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
"A picture is worth a thousand words" no longer applies. A picture or photograph is now a thousand illusions often created by very gifted magicians.
I praise both artists and photographers, but I personally prefer to keep it in the realm of reality.
Amen
May 11, 2016 07:16:59 #
paulrph1 wrote:
To me photography has always been a vignette of life. Capturing those sometimes moments that may never happen again. Even a scenic will not be the same when you return. So I deal in reality and find disturbing people that want to manipulate life in a dark room. We see to much manipulation, no matter what the excuse is. There is beauty all around if we will open out eyes. And it does not have to be manufactured.
One doesn't have to have an "excuse" for manipulating photographs. It has been a part of photography since its very beginnings. You don't have to do it, or like it, but don't disparage those who do.
May 11, 2016 07:17:30 #
The ability to See is a gift. Enjoy the gift and let others enjoy it in their own way.
May 11, 2016 08:41:26 #
Right on. So many replies to this eternal discussion start out with an apology like "all I did was minimal PP." I think that many come from the fact that they don't like computers or don't understand them and need an excuse. To each his own, but don't act like it is a crime to manipulate a photo.. All photos are manipulated either in camera or PP. (Yawn, think this has been covered a zillion times already)
JohnSwanda wrote:
One doesn't have to have an "excuse" for manipulating photographs. It has been a part of photography since its very beginnings. You don't have to do it, or like it, but don't disparage those who do.
May 11, 2016 08:44:24 #
I believe people who shun post processing either don't possess the skills to create a better photo or have never tried.
May 11, 2016 09:28:27 #
At first I thought your way of reality. After considering that photography is an art, my mind has been altered.
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