Fine Art Photography - ShowFlipper

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SHOWFLIPPER Presents

• Fine Art Photography An Overview

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Introduction and Definition -

• The photography which defines the vision of the
  artist as a photographer is called Fine Art
  Photography.
• There are various definitions for this term but
  at ShowFlipper Inc., we define Fine Art
  Photography as
• The idea of the vision as visualized by the
  photographer which extracts the true and hidden
  meaning of a visual. Often used for wall art
  décor.

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Criticism and Opposition to Fine Art Photgraphy

• De Zayas 1913
• Photography is not art, but can be made into
  art.
• The main reasons for criticism were
• Photography was used by painters to help them in
  painting.
• It was considered more Societal Centered rather
  than Human/People Centered.

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Characteristics of Fine Art Photography

• Fine Art Photography began with its own set of
  rules
• Manipulation of reality, straight and pure form,
  and no reference to the subject.
• Composition gains more importance rather than
  Context.
• Pioneer of Fine Art Photography Alfred
  Stieglitz.
• He believed
• Photographer is not a recorder but a creator of
  unseen reality.
• Higher ideals are manifested in Landscapes as
  popular theme.
• Purity of vision to be searched in ideal forms.
• Art galleries are ideal for fine art photography.
  Circa to the present, this can be reframed as
  Online Art Galleries are ideal for fine art
  photography.

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Characteristics of Fine Art Photography
Paul Strand was of the opinion that Fine Art
Photography is the fullest realization of the
potential of the subject through the use of
straight photographic methods. Edward Weston
believed It is an emphasis on form where body
transcends into natural shapes. It transcends to
spiritual form. Ansel Adams opined Fine Art
Photography concerns with purity and form that
makes something ordinary to change into something
unique. His landscape photography followed
painting conventions with unique intensity.
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Characteristics of Fine Art Photography
John Paul Edwards and William van Dyke believed
in The intense scrutiny of the world through a
lens moving away from pictoral or painting
styles. Imogen Cunnigham Once an object is
photographed, it transcends everything to become
art!
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Art Movement Influences on Photography
Expressionist emphasis on subjective experience
of the artists inner experiences. Abstract
Expressionism reference from paint forms with
focus on transformation of the ordinary. Impact
of Color Color became the new norm while BW
photographers dismissed it as a
fad. Contemporary Fine Art Photography can be
a personal point of reference.
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