Perhaps the term "Fine Art" photography is utterly misleading then - it should be "High Craft" Photography instead, as it is usually applied to the work of disciples of St. Ansel and St. Weston who were nothing if not consummate craftsmen and consummate self-promoters.
Despite his slothfulness, he apparently understood marketing. From the article:Tichy was a recluse. When they showed his work in a gallery, it was filthy rubbish. How does someone's work turn from worthless to fine art?
https://www.messynessychic.com/2013...ng-tom-photographer-and-his-cardboard-camera/
I see more and more people setting up web sites (I plan to do one myself some day) to show and sell their photographs. A lot of them describe their work as Fine Art Photography whether it is darkroom produced or from an inkjet printer. Some of these people may be experienced and some not so.
So can someone define "Fine Art Photography" for me please? Does it matter how it is produced? Are we all Fine Art Photographers?
Peter
p.s. Apologies if this is in the wrong forum section.
I see more and more people setting up web sites (I plan to do one myself some day) to show and sell their photographs. A lot of them describe their work as Fine Art Photography whether it is darkroom produced or from an inkjet printer. Some of these people may be experienced and some not so.
So can someone define "Fine Art Photography" for me please? Does it matter how it is produced? Are we all Fine Art Photographers?
Peter
p.s. Apologies if this is in the wrong forum section.
it surely matters how it is produced. Fine-Art is art produced with best-in-class technique and from the finest materials.I see more and more people setting up web sites (I plan to do one myself some day) to show and sell their photographs. A lot of them describe their work as Fine Art Photography whether it is darkroom produced or from an inkjet printer. Some of these people may be experienced and some not so.
So can someone define "Fine Art Photography" for me please? Does it matter how it is produced? Are we all Fine Art Photographers?
Peter
p.s. Apologies if this is in the wrong forum section.
beauty is only in the eye of the beerholder;hence the name 'midnight goddess'With Fine Art, beauty is definitely in the eye of the holder. A picture may create a breathtaking experience for one person or an audible gasp of head shaking disbelief for another.
"What is Fine Art Photography"? I don't know which words to use to answer your question. but I can darn sure recommend a photographer whose work, I definitely consider "Fine Art". His name is Craig Varjabedian and I recommend you look at his web-site and others and you will "see" what it is. What is it they say about a picture being worth many words? Oh and another that I always recommend was named Ansel Adams!..........Regards!Perhaps the term "Fine Art" photography is utterly misleading then - it should be "High Craft" Photography instead, as it is usually applied to the work of disciples of St. Ansel and St. Weston who were nothing if not consummate craftsmen and consummate self-promoters.
An Ansel Adams landscape is a piece of high craft - his workmanship is second to none. That is not in doubt. Viewing an Ansel Adams landscape will no doubt be an impressive experience, and invite you to linger over the details for some time. But I don't find them compelling on the level of wanting to keep going back to them. Maybe it's because they're no longer fresh, and have been so overused that I can see one on a mug, a calendar, a poster, a greeting card, recognize it, and move on. I'm more likely to stop and look again at Diane Arbus' photo of the boy with the grenade even though I've seen it many times before."What is Fine Art Photography"? I don't know which words to use to answer your question. but I can darn sure recommend a photographer whose work, I definitely consider "Fine Art". His name is Craig Varjabedian and I recommend you look at his web-site and others and you will "see" what it is. What is it they say about a picture being worth many words? Oh and another that I always recommend was named Ansel Adams!..........Regards!
An Ansel Adams landscape is a piece of high craft...
Adams’ work was quite radical when f64 started in a time of Pictorialism. What seems radical today can be the norm in the future. Adams challenged the norm.An Ansel Adams landscape is a piece of high craft - his workmanship is second to none. That is not in doubt. Viewing an Ansel Adams landscape will no doubt be an impressive experience, and invite you to linger over the details for some time. But I don't find them compelling on the level of wanting to keep going back to them. Maybe it's because they're no longer fresh, and have been so overused that I can see one on a mug, a calendar, a poster, a greeting card, recognize it, and move on. I'm more likely to stop and look again at Diane Arbus' photo of the boy with the grenade even though I've seen it many times before.
Adams’ work was quite radical when f64 started in a time of Pictorialism. What seems radical today can be the norm in the future. Adams challenged the norm.
it surely matters how it is produced. Fine-Art is art produced with best-in-class technique and from the finest materials.
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