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06/10/2014 04:05:30 PM · #1 |
| Since many of us are thinking about abstract painter Piet Mondrian of late and puzzling over how to photograph like an abstract painter, I thought this article I stumbled upon might be interesting to some. About The Magic Of Abstraction Its not exactly a deep read, but I thought it worth sharing. |
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06/10/2014 04:39:23 PM · #2 |
Nice article. That's how I like to think of it as well.
I personally like to think of the genre as two levels: astract and semi-abstract. Abstract being shapes, colors and texutres, but not any recognizable subject. Semi-abstract is like the examples in that article, recognizable subject perhaps, but looking at the form, colors, texture and light as the primary thing.
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06/10/2014 05:00:09 PM · #3 |
| Could have used better photos. They were all fairly dull architecture photos until the last one. It undercuts his/her points. |
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06/10/2014 06:15:36 PM · #4 |
| I have to agree with Don...the building shots were just too representational and boring...last shot was really nice though. Maybe I'm thinking too much along the lines of Abstract Expressionism. There's a difference. |
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06/10/2014 06:30:00 PM · #5 |
| He is definitely in the shallow end of the abstract pool, there are a dozen shooters here who could have better illustrated his point. But I think quite a few folks are flummoxed by the notion of photographing in a way to honor a pure abstract painter so the article might serve as a gentle introduction. No use scaring them off with full out artiness. If you don;t know jazz, listen to Brubeck before you try Coltrane. Baby steps before giant steps. |
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06/10/2014 06:54:10 PM · #6 |
But those first shots are more like Kenny G than Brubeck.
But I get your point. And the Giant Steps reference too. |
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06/10/2014 09:37:32 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by bvy:
But those first shots are more like Kenny G than Brubeck.
But I get your point. And the Giant Steps reference too. |
Damn I do love the folks on this site. I wish I could have real life conversations like these. |
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06/10/2014 10:01:56 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Damn I do love the folks on this site. I wish I could have real life conversations like these. |
That would be nice. Jazz might be the only thing I enjoy talking about more than photography. Although neither are really suited to talking. |
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06/11/2014 02:13:08 AM · #9 |
| It's funny. When I look at those photos I hear minimalist techno. Figures he's a Frankfurter. What's boring to some is reassuringly structured to others, like the Germans and me. |
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06/11/2014 04:00:40 AM · #10 |
Abstract is a dirty word, but words are only abstract sticks and stones.
I have awarded a brown ribbon to this fabulously emotional reach out to bear music, among all the hallmark well wishes (which were wonderful and worthy, but this is the one I scored highest :) )
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06/11/2014 04:16:59 AM · #11 |
Interesting article thank you Brennan. I flounder with abstract.
I do love things that are representational but not so at first glance. Zueszen was very interesting when he did that, and his pictures would have better illustrated the point that the author of the linked article was making.
But even more interesting to me is another more subtle abstraction when a photographer presents a patently representational depiction of something that's actually depicting something else entirely; something not seen but heard. Something that's heard and that reverberates and husbands the mind like a Buddhist gong. A contributor to this thread,  RKT, is quite wonderful at that rare thing. A window is actually a lifeline; a car is a song half-remembered; a face is really a book. Is that abstract? It is to me, but it's probably just figurative to some people. And nothing at all to most; just a gauzy window, a blurry gearshift and a portrait.
Mondrian? No idea. I'm way out of my depth with Mondrian. And with jazz. My three-year-old could play better than Miles Davis. And I haven't even got a three-year-old. |
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06/11/2014 08:22:36 AM · #12 |
| Miles Davis was good at a lot of things, and not many jazz fans would put his trumpet playing at the top of that list. I like but don't love him as such. I'll take Lee Morgan, Thad Jones, or to cite a living breathing example, Kenny Wheeler. |
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06/11/2014 09:13:26 AM · #13 |
| Kenny Wheeler? That's the "know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em" bloke, right? Don't rate him so much, myself. |
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