Just now noticed last comment, Monet for sure. Years ago an artist friend actually was invited to the Monet a Garden to paint, she was actually given the run of the place even after hours. The paintings she brought back for her one woman show all sold within 2 hours of the opening, I was delighted.
Hmmm, an interesting article that makes some valid points, but not one I wholly agree with it, as for me, it’s fatally flawed by its weltschmerz-ridden premise of ‘What can you photograph when every picture has already been taken?’. Photography can, of course, be an art-form, but it’s much more than that, especially in the context of time and place. Incidentally, going off at a tangent slightly, the British Library put out this press release a few days ago…
I agree! There is photography as art. In art one does not want to repeat what has already been done. But there is also photography as a means of capturing and documenting what is going on in our place and during our time. I think your blogs would make a very nice contribution to the latter! Thanks for sharing that interesting article!
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Wow, instant Monet hit.
Just now noticed last comment, Monet for sure. Years ago an artist friend actually was invited to the Monet a Garden to paint, she was actually given the run of the place even after hours. The paintings she brought back for her one woman show all sold within 2 hours of the opening, I was delighted.
What an opportunity! Your friend was very lucky! 🙂
Thank you, Mike!
Reminds me of Monet !
Thanks, poppytump! It is one of my goals as a photographer to make photography as art and, thus, to try to ‘paint’ with my camera.
Hmmm, an interesting article that makes some valid points, but not one I wholly agree with it, as for me, it’s fatally flawed by its weltschmerz-ridden premise of ‘What can you photograph when every picture has already been taken?’. Photography can, of course, be an art-form, but it’s much more than that, especially in the context of time and place. Incidentally, going off at a tangent slightly, the British Library put out this press release a few days ago…
http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/Click-to-save-the-nation-s-digital-memory-61b.aspx
…truly mind-boggling…;).
I agree! There is photography as art. In art one does not want to repeat what has already been done. But there is also photography as a means of capturing and documenting what is going on in our place and during our time. I think your blogs would make a very nice contribution to the latter! Thanks for sharing that interesting article!
Lovely piece of photographic impressionism :).
Thank you, yizhivika! Here I will have to share the link to an article which may have you rethink photography in the future: http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/extended/archives/photography_after_photography/ It definitely has me thinking.