Is Photography Art?

[Andy Kibber]

let's have a poll on the popularity of thread responses. my criteria are humor a/or withering cynicism:

1. fred - #50

2. chris - #43

I like Fred's comment. I also like #47 from Chris101.

 

[Sparrow]

Who was it that said "Art is Dali! and Dali is Art!"?

 

[Chris101]

Who was it that said "Art is Dali! and Dali is Art!"?

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Dali.

 

[Al Kaplan]

All of my photographs of naked girls from the sixties and seventies are fine art. I'm not sure that if I photographed them naked now they'd still be fine art.

 

[johnastovall]

Art is what sits on its ass in museums.

My apology to Glaus Oldenberg for changing his quote.

 

[Al Kaplan]

I spent many evenings over the years chatting and drinking coffee with a couple of artists who both became well known. I have several paintings and drawings that are now quite valuable. I also remember all of those quick sketches done on napkins and notebook paper, wadded up and cleared off the table by the waitress. A couple of years ago I got an email from a Chicago art dealer who'd run across one of my on line photos that showed one of the paintings hanging on my wall in the background. She recognized the distinctive style of the artist. I found out that he died in 1999 and some of those paintings are now worth between $20,000 and $75,000 each. Those napkins would probably be worth quite a bit now also.

 

[johne]

I suspect my photography will never be art but I am convinced that photography can be art. With "modern art", I am not convinced the same analogy applies!!!!!!!!!!
johne :-D

 

[amateriat]

And, thusly, IMO, we have sort-of summed up the issue/problem of art in general, not just in relation to photography. (And, yeah, this goes on beyond photography...we just can't help arguing about it that much more.) 🙄

Next Week: Good Art/Bad Art/Non-Art: Who Sez, and Does It Matter?

Be There. Aloha.


- Barrett

(P.S. Fred, I don't completely agree with you on this, but you nailed the tenor of this perfectly.)

 

[amateriat]

Andy: If we don't hear from you within 24 hours, we'll assume the best...


-Barrett

 

[ron1945]

give rff up then.

 

[Aurance]

Photography can be likened to 'Fine Art' for the concept is the same. The term "Fine Art" was coined in 1767 in reference to the arts that were "concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste - art is the product of human creativity"

 

[dan denmark]

art is an interpretation of an idea via the application of a tool; what that tool is is a coincidence. a paint brush is not art but what it paints may well be.

my current art: www.cameraman.carbonmade.com

-dd

 

[sojournerphoto]

I jolly well hope you are. Re post 62, I've just finished writing tomorrow's shopping list on the back of one my finest prints. If my photographs turn out to be art after all - I shall be livid.

www.urbanpaths.net

It's OK - it's the shopping list and jobs to do list that makes it art. This adds the hand of the artist and the necessary ephemeral touch to your work

Mike

 

[Chris101]

Photography can be likened to 'Fine Art' for the concept is the same. The term "Fine Art" was coined in 1767 in reference to the arts that were "concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste - art is the product of human creativity"

I always thought that fine art was the stuff that went through the sieve, and course art was the stuff that stayed on top.

Oh wait, nevermind. That was sand.

 

[Aurance]

Nice Art Work - Thanks for Sharing!

Nice Art Work - Thanks for Sharing!

art is an interpretation of an idea via the application of a tool; what that tool is is a coincidence. a paint brush is not art but what it paints may well be.

my current art: www.cameraman.carbonmade.com

-dd

Interesting art work - I like the rendering and the colour!

I suspect those images will deliver the 'full visual impact' - on the wall at A2 print size or above?

Thanks for sharing!


Richard

 

[Aurance]

My Attempt at Photo Art!

My Attempt at Photo Art!

art is an interpretation of an idea via the application of a tool; what that tool is is a coincidence. a paint brush is not art but what it paints may well be.

my current art: www.cameraman.carbonmade.com

-dd

Over the last 3 years I have tried a 'little bit' of photographic art rendering and what I have called 'photo art' but its an area that requires a great deal of patience and the image on the web has to be a 'fair size' to display the effect.

I will probably leave it aside for now. When I cannot get about, then perhaps I will spend my time giving it another shot!

Anyway here is a link to probably the only 'photo art image' I have ever achieved that I like -

http://www.lawrencephotographic.com/Main Pages/distant_memories.htm

Richard

 

[thomasw_]

Dear OP to your Original Question: A short answer: Yes.

 

[Sparrow]

Dear OP to your Original Question: A short answer: Yes.

Spoilsport; where’s the fun in that?

 

[Aurance]

Enjoyed a 'Momentary Escape'

Enjoyed a 'Momentary Escape'

Dear OP to your Original Question: A short answer: Yes.

The web never ceases to amaze me - just when you think you have seen it all someone else comes along with a style that makes me quite envious.

I very much like your gallery in particular 'Momentary Escape' - now that for me is Art!

Thanks for sharing!

Richard.

 

[pmun]

Over the last 3 years I have tried a 'little bit' of photographic art rendering and what I have called 'photo art' ...here is a link to probably the only 'photo art image' I have ever achieved that I like -
http://www.lawrencephotographic.com/Main Pages/distant_memories.htm
Richard

Thanks for the link Richard, I had a look and liked the simplicity of the image. I wondered what you were aiming at here. Are you trying to emulate painting? If so do you not think that implies photography as a poor relation to painting - much like it started out? (not a criticism - but a genuine interest).

www.urbanpaths.net