the ordinary objects
Sep 9, 2019 08:44:51 #
Following up on my response to 'jerryc41''s plumbing issue, I had suggested a photographic view of the ordinary. One may not get as 'ordinary' as an electric outlet. I hope that I have contributed to this topic with an elegant display.
Sep 9, 2019 08:47:49 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
Not sure I would describe the photograph as an elegant display! đŸ˜‰
Sep 9, 2019 08:52:15 #
Sep 9, 2019 09:06:21 #
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Sep 9, 2019 09:15:37 #
Sep 9, 2019 09:30:59 #
Eric Bornstein wrote:
Following up on my response to 'jerryc41''s plumbing issue, I had suggested a photographic view of the ordinary. One may not get as 'ordinary' as an electric outlet. I hope that I have contributed to this topic with an elegant display.
Very interesting! Can others here add images to this topic?
Sep 9, 2019 09:31:49 #
yorkiebyte wrote:
Very interesting! Can others here add images to this topic?
In the Photo Gallery, maybe?
Sep 9, 2019 09:37:23 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I would have removed the hair.
But the photo is "au naturel."
Sep 9, 2019 09:48:50 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
yorkiebyte wrote:
Very interesting! Can others here add images to this topic?
I want to but a bit strapped for time today. But it’s on my Watched Topics list so it will happen!
Sep 9, 2019 10:06:22 #
I would replace the metal plate with a white plastic one to blend with the wall. Some more stylish cords would help.
Sep 11, 2019 00:55:40 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
The art reply.
In his book A.D. Coleman discusses the placement of a to scale image of an electric outlet placed on the wall of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New Your City after photographs had been rejected by the Curator of Photography. The assertion being that the photographic work was too banal and so was not art suitable for installation in the museum (MOMA).
Photography can and often does service the banality of the world. This reflects the everyday or the ability of photography to anchor us in what most agree is what we call reality. In fact it is one of the great strengths of photography today or from our past.
Years later this idea of banality, the every day, and such was taken up by a more informed view of the modernity of photography by the chief Curator of Exhibitions for Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the proposal was a Snap Shot Show. A general call for work went out. I responded by taking a Latina woman friend to a site where new housing was being developed close to Sea World in San Antonio Texas. She wore a dark blue wind breaker and cut offs in front of her Mustang car (washed and polished), wind blowing, her with no top clothing but though she was without clothing an image that showed this yet still no 'exposures' was detailed.
I received a friendly note from the curator to not just include the 3 1/2 by 5 inch machine print but permission to feature the image on the catalogue cover! My friend Stephany suddenly got super charged up about being the featured exebition image! LOL!!! The show was extended and traveled to of all places MOMA, then it was picked up by five European museum exhibitions.
My sense of the posted image is that it is brilliant! I truly LOVED the inclusion of the 'hair' follicle. That particular detail makes a special quality that elevates this image to a level that would allow inclusion in the permanent collection of San Francisco or MOMA.
To any one of the scoffers running the statement passed their brain that this is just this or that and this guy is not an artist I would offer that like many great songs from bands with one hit it does not demean the achievement. The difference between out fellow Hog and Picasso is that Picasso did it over and over, while our Hog buddy has put out only one that we are aware of, but his accomplishment is no less than that of a Picasso.
In his book A.D. Coleman discusses the placement of a to scale image of an electric outlet placed on the wall of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New Your City after photographs had been rejected by the Curator of Photography. The assertion being that the photographic work was too banal and so was not art suitable for installation in the museum (MOMA).
Photography can and often does service the banality of the world. This reflects the everyday or the ability of photography to anchor us in what most agree is what we call reality. In fact it is one of the great strengths of photography today or from our past.
Years later this idea of banality, the every day, and such was taken up by a more informed view of the modernity of photography by the chief Curator of Exhibitions for Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the proposal was a Snap Shot Show. A general call for work went out. I responded by taking a Latina woman friend to a site where new housing was being developed close to Sea World in San Antonio Texas. She wore a dark blue wind breaker and cut offs in front of her Mustang car (washed and polished), wind blowing, her with no top clothing but though she was without clothing an image that showed this yet still no 'exposures' was detailed.
I received a friendly note from the curator to not just include the 3 1/2 by 5 inch machine print but permission to feature the image on the catalogue cover! My friend Stephany suddenly got super charged up about being the featured exebition image! LOL!!! The show was extended and traveled to of all places MOMA, then it was picked up by five European museum exhibitions.
My sense of the posted image is that it is brilliant! I truly LOVED the inclusion of the 'hair' follicle. That particular detail makes a special quality that elevates this image to a level that would allow inclusion in the permanent collection of San Francisco or MOMA.
To any one of the scoffers running the statement passed their brain that this is just this or that and this guy is not an artist I would offer that like many great songs from bands with one hit it does not demean the achievement. The difference between out fellow Hog and Picasso is that Picasso did it over and over, while our Hog buddy has put out only one that we are aware of, but his accomplishment is no less than that of a Picasso.
Sep 11, 2019 07:29:25 #
To those who responded to my photograph of the ordinary, thank you. To Timmers, you get it.
The photograph was not a snapshot. It was taken at the Haliburton School of Art and Design main campus where I was enrolled in a one week photography course called Contemplative Photography. I don’t recall if the image was created for the class or if I became ‘rebellious’ and wanted to do my own thing.
Creating images of the ordinary is art; just think Andy Warhol. In any event, I did not adjust the scene, as in touching the cords or removing the strand of hair. The ‘ordinary’ can be very interesting yet difficult in capture. Whether we follow the many ‘rules’/ guidelines, the image has to have intent and engage the viewer.
Let’s see some compelling images of the ordinary
The photograph was not a snapshot. It was taken at the Haliburton School of Art and Design main campus where I was enrolled in a one week photography course called Contemplative Photography. I don’t recall if the image was created for the class or if I became ‘rebellious’ and wanted to do my own thing.
Creating images of the ordinary is art; just think Andy Warhol. In any event, I did not adjust the scene, as in touching the cords or removing the strand of hair. The ‘ordinary’ can be very interesting yet difficult in capture. Whether we follow the many ‘rules’/ guidelines, the image has to have intent and engage the viewer.
Let’s see some compelling images of the ordinary
Sep 11, 2019 08:03:47 #
nikon123 wrote:
To those who responded to my photograph of the ord... (show quote)
nikon123, ordinary as one perceives. Thank you for this artistic insight that has ACTUALLY got me out of the "Photo Phunk" and taking/creating images again.
~ These two images were created awhile back for the now-defunct "Google Plus" for a photographic critique site.
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