Not that it matters a whole lot, but I agree. The exercise is little more than pretentious BS.A list that was obviously put together by someone who is not an artist.
"Sure photography is an art, just like baking bread is an art.
Whenever the outcome is uncertain and decisions have to be made, there is art in the process. The art can be divided into 2 categories: technical art and art of creativity. You can be a great technician and terrible at creativity and vice versa.
If photography was not an art, then one photo would be as good as the next.
The only way that I will ever know that I "might" be an artist is for someone, that I don't know, look at one of my mounted photographs and say to her/his self without thinking, "Damn, I Like That Picture". If no-one ever says that about my work, then I am probably not a photo-artist, no matter how often I say I am..........Regards!I am an artist. Just not a very good one. I don't worry about it.
What about the photographer who takes the photographs because the subject was interesting, made prints and after many years a later generation looked at those same prints and called them "art". And they are. That happened to a Louisiana photographer. Fortunately he lived long enough to hear his work called "art" though he, himself, never really considered himself an artist. But he was. I don't think that a person can intentionally "do art". It "happens".......Regards!The only way that I will ever know that I "might" be an artist is for someone, that I don't know, look at one of my mounted photographs and say to her/his self without thinking, "Damn, I Like That Picture". If no-one ever says that about my work, then I am probably not a photo-artist, no matter how often I say I am..........Regards!
Joseph Beuys told us that every man is an artist - photographers not excluded ...
I think he was wrong about that.
"Owning a camera makes one a photographer, owning a piano makes one a piano owner." Never have cared much for that saying.
Of course it's easy..after the first 10000 negatives!"Owning a camera makes one a photographer, owning a piano makes one a piano owner." Never have cared much for that saying. Both new owners will find it easy to make noise (audio or visual) in the beginning. Perhaps the beginning photographer is easier to live with (unless the darkroom is the only bathroom), though perhaps now with digital, the beginner can make more visual noise right off the bat. And there are digital keyboards to learn on, so I guess the audio noise has increased, too! All take years to master.
"Owning a camera makes one a photographer, owning a piano makes one a piano owner." Never have cared much for that saying. Both new owners will find it easy to make noise (audio or visual) in the beginning. Perhaps the beginning photographer is easier to live with (unless the darkroom is the only bathroom), though perhaps now with digital, the beginner can make more visual noise right off the bat. And there are digital keyboards to learn on, so I guess the audio noise has increased, too! All take years to master.
No, I just take photos I like, there's nothing artistic or creative about me whatsoever.Do any of these questions matter? From an article at Lomography on the same blog:
1. Do you think about why some photos stay in the mind?
2. Are you willing to redefine your world?
3. Are you aware of visual relationships, including minute details?
4. Do you make photos that cannot be repeated?
5. Do you look within yourself for the benefit of your photography?
6. Do you push beyond the limits and confines of the mind?
7. Are you willing to face your fears?
Regards, Art
Good technical photographs, by old technical standards, are much more common with the advent of digital capture. The most frequent criticism seems to be content and overwhelming volume (another form of noise)."Owning a camera makes one a photographer, owning a piano makes one a piano owner." Never have cared much for that saying. Both new owners will find it easy to make noise (audio or visual) in the beginning. Perhaps the beginning photographer is easier to live with (unless the darkroom is the only bathroom), though perhaps now with digital, the beginner can make more visual noise right off the bat. And there are digital keyboards to learn on, so I guess the audio noise has increased, too! All take years to master.
+1!Good technical photographs, by old technical standards, are much more common with the advent of digital capture. The most frequent criticism seems to be content and overwhelming volume (another form of noise).
That makes every Rubik's cube and each Puzzle, a piece of art!!!...
In short...if the outcome is uncertain and decisions have to be made, then there is art in the process. This art can be of the creative nature or the technical nature...but it is art none the less.
and they are !That makes every Rubik's cube and each Puzzle, a piece of art!!!
This reminds me of a saying my grade 11 drafting teacher imparted to us"You're the smartest person in the world until you open your mouth then the whole world will know just how smart you really are"and they are !
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people should just call themselves whatever they want
like the many self declared geniuses ... when they
talk or lecture or monolog or show their work people ( their audience ) can decide
what they are.
+1!...
people should just call themselves whatever they want
like the many self declared geniuses ... when they
talk or lecture or monolog or show their work people ( their audience ) can decide
what they are.
Back to the video,...
Regards, Art
just because someone quoted joseph beuys insufficiently.
true, he stated 'everyone is an artist' but he also said this to be true for everyone who exceeds and transforns his/her routine, who breaks out of the 'ordinary pattern' and turns 'nornality' into something special.
in this sense, everYone who is creative by interpretating ir inventing anew whathe sees through the lens and does not simply press the the shutter to see what comes out could call himself an artist.
good or bad, succesful or not is for others to decide .
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