Recently, for me, our very own Jim Galli. For thirty years I have been turning out sharp, clear, "infinite" resolution 8x10's. And I have always envied those photographer with an eloquent command of the out-of -focus image and creative blur.
Jim has given me the visual vernacular to get to grips with this uniquely photographic phenomenon. Realist paintings, for example, are never out of focus. Now when I experiment with blur I think I can make sense of what is happening and what it is worth.
The philosopher Wittgenstein was on the money when he said that if we don't have the words we can't think the thoughts.
Thanks Jim for giving me an entree to the world of soft images.
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Originally Posted by keithwms
There is absolutely no shame in looking to Weston and Adams et al. for guidance today. On the contrary, we may see a resurgence of interest in their approach because of what digital has done to the relationship between capture and print.
The f/64 ideology arguably makes more sense now than it did when it was conceived. Pictorialism and photography are basically synonymous now, and in almost every branch, not just commercial. What do today's students think of when they see work by Hurrell? It must all look stodgy and conservative now.
With so many following Shore/Eggleston/Goldin/Sherman at the moment, looking to Weston/White etc is just seems like a breath of fresh air-not that Minor White was ever hugely fashionable compared to documentary work in the UK anyway.There's always room for something different but be prepared to fight for it if you're not going with the crowd.
PS-how many (over)large colour prints of carparks/industrial sites and grimfaced people with freckles staring at the camera can you look at before you get bored?
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Reason: grimfaced people with freckles...
PS-how many (over)large colour prints of carparks/industrial sites and grimfaced people with freckles staring at the camera can you look at before you get bored?
I've been thinking this over since the question was first asked, and have finally managed to come to some kind of conclusion about what photographers influence me most.
And the answer is - - no.
For me it's still Caravaggio, Rembrant, IC Dahl, Turner, and Weidemann.
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I've been thinking this over since the question was first asked, and have finally managed to come to some kind of conclusion about what photographers influence me most.
And the answer is - - no.
For me it's still Caravaggio, Rembrant, IC Dahl, Turner, and Weidemann.
I've been thinking this over since the question was first asked, and have finally managed to come to some kind of conclusion about what photographers influence me most.
And the answer is - - no.
For me it's still Caravaggio, Rembrant, IC Dahl, Turner, and Weidemann.
I'll see your Caravaggio and Rembrandt, Ole, and raise you a Mondriaan and a Moore ...
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