W/NW Pictorialism - share your pictorial photos

[peterm1]

Think of Pictorialism as the polar opposite of the f/64 Group...

One of my favourite Pictorialist photographers is Japanese photographer Yasuzo Nojima. His early works (known as kaiga shugi shashin), such as Muddy Sea (1910) capture the style very well, in my opinion. He later went on to a more modernist style. As an aside I can also recommend his nudes, which are simply beautiful.

Pictorialism tried to express emotions and artistic interpretation rather than the precise technical reproduction accuracy that photography was (and is) capable of.

Lynn I came upon these images at Pinterest which includes some lovely pictorialism images.

https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/512777107569577696/

Two of the photographers shown in the above I am familiar with - Irma Haselberger and Antonio Palmerini who can both be found over at Flickr or here at Pinterest. Theirs is necessarily a more contemporary take of course.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irmahas/

https://www.pinterest.com.au/search...ists&eq=Irma Haselberger&etslf=2453&term_meta[]=irma%7Cautocomplete%7C2&term_meta[]=haselberger%7Cautocomplete%7C2&term_meta[]=artists%7Cautocomplete%7C2

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65776569@N03/

https://www.pinterest.com.au/search...art&eq=antonio palmerini&etslf=1917&term_meta[]=antonio%7Cautocomplete%7C2&term_meta[]=palmerini%7Cautocomplete%7C2&term_meta[]=art%7Cautocomplete%7C2

And of course Steiglitz and Steichen (also seen in the first link above) were brilliant as most would know I am sure.

I can see myself experimenting in this style much, much more in the future.

 

[Mcary]

I'm guessing that I'm not the only one hanging out around here hoping to learn a thing or two. I see a number of B&W images which would seem to disqualify them (?). What else are you referring to? Please share.

Some of Pictorialist movement work was in straight B&W rather than toned as the soft painterly look/effect that more reflected a painting or what was consider art in those days. Additionally some Pictorialists even worked in color using the Autochrome process
From the Art of Photography youtube https://youtu.be/n7eBDh5V-og

 

[peterm1]

Some of Pictorialist movement work was in straight B&W rather than toned as the soft painterly look/effect that more reflected a painting or what was consider art in those days. Additionally some Pictorialists even worked in color using the Autochrome process
From the Art of Photography youtube https://youtu.be/n7eBDh5V-og

I am particularly partial to autochrome. That lovely soft colors and grain complements certain photos in a way that is difficult to emulate using any other photo technology.

 

[Mcary]

I am particularly partial to autochrome. That lovely soft colors and grain complements certain photos in a way that is difficult to emulate using any other photo technology.

Have you seen the BBC documentary "The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn or the Book of the same title?

 

[Larry Cloetta]

 

[robert blu]

In my opinion this can be considered pictorial enough...do you agree?

Shot with Nikon FM2T, Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat Lens on Ilford Delta 400, minimal post processing (contrast).

PS: I hate when the spelling corrector changes Ilford in Alford 😡

 

[sepiareverb]

Sky made me think of Steichen.

M10 | 50/1.4 ASPH | ISO 200
Through the window of my car on I93 this morning, heading south at about 75mph.

 

[Ccoppola82]

hope these will fit

hope these will fit

I looked at a bunch of images last night and I can say that I love the style as an artistic approach vs my normal "perfect shot" attempt at photography. I think I have a couple that may work as this style, if they don't please feel free to remove them!

Canon 1v
hp5
fx15 Developer

35-10.jpg by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

Canon 1v
hp5
fx15
38-24.jpg by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

m2
Collapsible Summicron
14-10.jpg by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

m2
50mm Cron Rigid
fp4+39-26.jpg by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

m6
35mm Cron v3
Tri X
Pyrocat HD
Image 2.jpg by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

 

[nikon_sam]

 

[peterm1]

Although I don't think the tones in this are quite right (a bit too grainy and coarse) I think the blur and indistinct imagery may qualify this as a kind of modern pictorial photo.

Evening Rush by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

bougainvillea by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[goamules]

Karl Struss Pictorial lens on 5x7

 

[daveoo]

 

[peterm1]

[/url]Ghost trees by Life in Shadows, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Ccoppola82]

Wow. Beautiful.

 

[cz23]

 

[peterm1]

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Good one. a very nice image

 

[peterm1]

I did make this one a while back based on an earlier image with some vertical motion blur added for effect to emphasize the verticality of the elements. I think if it were rendered in black and white with tones adjusted to suit, it might pass as a pictorial image. In this color version though it seems to me to be more of an abstract.

Verticality by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[cz23]

 

[helen.HH]

While I'm somewhat confused as to what qualifies as Pictorialism, this is certainly a captivating photograph.

Thank You Guth.

Nice shots Helen, Peter, Lynn, Robert, everybody.

Thank You Larry, nice to be included with Everyone here !