srt101fan wrote:
Lots of good thoughts. Most trying, in a positive sense, to come to grips with the definition of "artistic photography". However, for me there is also a negative aspect to all this, and that is, as I see it, the misuse of the words art, artsy, artistic, etc. Are gross manipulations/distortions of color, perspective, scale, contrast, etc. "artistic" by definition? Some UHH citizens seem to think so. What say you?
Believing you put some weight into your choice of words, yes. When the tools of art are applied to create something, the resulting something may easily be called “artistic”, which means it has superficial resemblance to the works of real artists. Examples from an “Art Show” attached.