Post your abstract photographs here

Deleted member 88956 · Nov 11, 2021

It seems abstract carries different meanings from ... abstract ... to just about anything else. With some great examples there are a number I would never place in such a category.

"Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. Wassily Kandinsky. Cossacks 1910–1. Tate. Strictly speaking, the word abstract means to separate or withdraw something from something else."

Some are obviously far from being abstract.

But also, among others, all but one (from @awty ) agave pics are that, agave images. Not critisizing aesthetics of them just categorization.

awty · Nov 12, 2021

Mohmad's pictures are the purist abstracts here. Nothing more abstract than a cow in a abstract thread. Truely Visionary.

Stephen Benskin · Nov 12, 2021

Agave 25, Los Angeles, CA

macfred · Nov 12, 2021

awty said:
Mohmad's pictures are the purist abstracts here. Nothing more abstract than a cow in a abstract thread. Truely Visionary.

Paul, you're getting vicious in your old age ...

Btw - I like the cow photograph !

Stephen Benskin · Nov 12, 2021

awty said:
Mohmad's pictures are the purist abstracts here. Nothing more abstract than a cow in a abstract thread. Truely Visionary.

Probably more Dada or Surrealist.

DREW WILEY · Nov 12, 2021

Kandinsky's Cossacks are classified as slightly pre-Abstract because it's still contains a few representational clues. But that, to me, was near the end of his most interesting phase, before his complete transition. As far as Mohmad's cow is concerned, no, there's nothing abstract about it either, but I really like the image itself; it allows you to fill in your own meta-message.

NB23 · Nov 12, 2021

tomkatf · Nov 12, 2021

awty · Nov 12, 2021

macfred said:
Paul, you're getting vicious in your old age ...

Btw - I like the cow photograph !

Sometimes, but I was being sincere here. I like Mohmad's interpretations.
BTW my coffee mug has Mr grumpy on it, in the end we are what we drink...from.

NB23 · Nov 12, 2021

Kill five Br

awty · Nov 12, 2021

Stephen Benskin said:
Probably more Dada or Surrealist.

People should be able to interpret a category as they wish, individuality is important to diversity. I was just being a sheep with my Agave. Never put much thought into abstract photography, I like it as an art form, maybe I should.

Stephen Benskin · Nov 12, 2021

awty said:
People should be able to interpret a category as they wish, individuality is important to diversity. I was just being a sheep with my Agave. Never put much thought into abstract photography, I like it as an art form, maybe I should.

There was no offense intended. I was trying to be humorous.

I contacted Sirius asking if there was a thread to post images of details. He said to use the abstract thread, so I did.

Franz Kline and Aaron Siskind both made homages to each others work. Interestingly, it was Kline, the Abstract Expressionist painter, who was the first to make the homage to Siskind's work, the photographer.

awty · Nov 13, 2021

Stephen Benskin said:
There was no offense intended. I was trying to be humorous.

I contacted Sirius asking if there was a thread to post images of details. He said to use the abstract thread, so I did.

Franz Kline and Aaron Siskind both made homages to each others work. Interestingly, it was Kline, the Abstract Expressionist painter, who was the first to make the homage to Siskind's work, the photographer.

I had a quick look at Aaron Siskind work, he is highly influential amongst photographers.
Wonder at what point abstract becomes. Theres many possibilities of variations to the theme with photography.
A photo here of something abstract

Embroidery by Paul Fitz, on Flickr
Or when you effect the camera and printing to gain an abstracted picture.

Perfect as a Spring Breeze by Paul Fitz, on Flickr

I think both would qualify and more variations.
BTW I dont try to offend anyone and I assume others are the same, mostly its just misunderstanding.

awty · Nov 13, 2021

Heres my Siskind influenced.
I printed, then contact printed the positive to get a negative. then put it upside down.

Worlds Collide by Paul Fitz, on Flickr

Stephen Benskin · Nov 13, 2021

This reminded me of Kline's work.

Sirius Glass · Nov 13, 2021

awty said:
I had a quick look at Aaron Siskind work, he is highly influential amongst photographers.
Wonder at what point abstract becomes. Theres many possibilities of variations to the theme with photography.
A photo here of something abstract

Embroidery by Paul Fitz, on Flickr
Or when you effect the camera and printing to gain an abstracted picture.

Perfect as a Spring Breeze by Paul Fitz, on Flickr

I think both would qualify and more variations.
BTW I dont try to offend anyone and I assume others are the same, mostly its just misunderstanding.

I would not call that an abstract unless it was a close up of the cloth. I would call it a "fluttering life" photograph.

MattKing · Nov 13, 2021

Is there a difference between a photograph that one can label as an abstract, and a photograph that is an abstraction?

Sirius Glass · Nov 13, 2021

Sirius Glass said:
I would not call that an abstract unless it was a close up of the cloth. I would call it a "fluttering life" photograph.

MattKing said:
Is there a difference between a photograph that one can label as an abstract, and a photograph that is an abstraction?

That would be yes.

DMJ · Nov 13, 2021

Egyptian pharaoh

TheMissingLink · Nov 14, 2021

NB23 said:
Kill five Br

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Cool, in every thread you post your images I recognize your unique handwriting, both in "landscaped" and in "abstracts".

NB23 · Nov 14, 2021

TheMissingLink said:
Cool, in every thread you post your images I recognize your unique handwriting, both in "landscaped" and in "abstracts".

You mean my style?

NB23 · Nov 14, 2021

Birds say goodbye

TheMissingLink · Nov 15, 2021

NB23 said:
You mean my style?

Yes, your style.

Philippe-Georges · Nov 15, 2021

Entrance to the public library's underground bicycle storage, Gent, Belgium.

Hasselblad 500CM + Planar 80 F2.8 on Tri-X @ 1600ASA processed in ADOX TX-3 1+1.

Raghu Kuvempunagar · Nov 15, 2021

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