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03/11/2008 03:01:13 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by BlueOrbPhoto:
The idea of emulating others is not new and not bad.
Piccasso, in his earlier years, emulated many of the great masters that preceded him only to go on and develop his own unique style. Its a form of creative evolution.
I myself found early inspiration in the photographers, Margaret Bourke-White (photojournalism), Ansel Adams (landscape) and Peter Gowland (glamour). Nothing wrong with striving for the greats. Just don't copy their style(s) indefinitely. Use them and evolve your own style from that point onward. |
Absolutely. The problem, as I see it, is that imitations get the highest scores. But this is hardly unusual. |
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03/11/2008 03:03:14 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by BlueOrbPhoto:
Piccasso, in his earlier years, emulated many of the great masters that preceded him only to go on and develop his own unique style. Its a form of creative evolution.
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I always liked this Piccasso quote 'Good artists copy. Great artists steal' |
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03/11/2008 03:26:06 PM · #28 |
I've never liked generalizations. I like the article because it forces you to think about your hobby, but to think that any author has his finger on the pulse of every photographer in every country and every culture because he visits the most popular photo websites is kind of silly.
Most photo websites will have a particular look to them, but they don't all look alike. That's like saying I've listened to all the pop music stations on the internet and have decided that all music sounds the same ... there's no more creativity.
Good article ... just don't agree |
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03/11/2008 03:52:02 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by BlueOrbPhoto:
Piccasso, in his earlier years, emulated many of the great masters that preceded him only to go on and develop his own unique style. Its a form of creative evolution.
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I always liked this Piccasso quote 'Good artists copy. Great artists steal' |
It's a good thing he didn't do either.
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03/11/2008 03:58:38 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
commentary on commentary
The online world is becoming a sort of massive, monstrous camera club, an "academy" bound down by strictures and rules and mass taste. Conformity to this world is the antithesis of creativity, and it suppresses individuality. Because of the greatly accelerated degree of discourse and the de facto emphasis on competition (for attention, for audience, for approving comments), we're moving towards a point where not only will we have sorted all pictures into genera and categories of cliché, but we'll have a standard method for Photoshopping each generic category!
We know too much about how pictures look and should look. And how do you get around making those pictures again and again?" The 'net effect is that now people strive to make cookie-cutter pictures ("again and again") that embody "how pictures look and should look." Most pictures aren't pictures, they're imitations of pictures. |
Sounds like a fancy way to describe the "MySpace angle shot". :-) |
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