Artforum On Photography

[Don_ih]

other forms of photography

Is there a form of photography that does not result in something material, since you need to be looking at something in order to see something. Unless it's a hallucination, that is. But I don't think they quite count as photos. How do you uncouple a photo from its mode of viewing? Being on a screen is not immaterial.

 

[nikos79]

For me the thing that makes photo interesting and defines it is simply time. Photo encapsulates time. And when it doesn't it loses a lot of its magic. When you are in front of something you just need a fraction of a second to record it and to make the photo. You can spend hours or days later in the dark room but the same photo can be taken with a digital camera or your phone and it will still be there. There is no materiality in a photo

 

[Arthurwg]

Is there a form of photography that does not result in something material, since you need to be looking at something in order to see something. Unless it's a hallucination, that is. But I don't think they quite count as photos. How do you uncouple a photo from its mode of viewing? Being on a screen is not immaterial.

Maybe not yet, but maybe soon. The way Tech is going photos may one day be transmitted directly to your brain by Mark Zuckerberg. Indeed, they might not even include an actual visual component.

 

[MurrayMinchin]

My response has been to use Japanese papers proven to last over 1000 years with photographic processes from the 19th century, toned in platinum and/or palladium, which are made primarily as art objects to be held in the hand rather than framed on a wall behind glass or acrylic.

Also subscribe to the Japanese aesthetic, where when they are displayed on a wall, they are displayed seasonally or for shorter periods of time as an association/recognition of a guest, or event.

There is no intension on my part to have them on permanent display; in fact, I would discourage it for reasons other than longevity.

This is mostly theoretical...have not felt a need to seek gallery representation...yet.

 

[images39]

It's not locked because we're an agreeable club.

Especially since the Soap Box was shut down several years ago But I digress...

Dale