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At breakfast, between bites of egg and sips of tea, I was poring over my new book on composition by Michael Freeman: The Photographer’s Eye. My husband looked at the cover and asked “Is that a real photo?” I answered, “well of course not! No picture is “real”, I mean every photo is adjusted, filtered, cropped, edited.” And yet… thus began a discussion on the reality of photography.
As a non-representational painter and mixed media manipulator, I am constantly searching for realism in my work. The realism I see is not necessarily what someone else sees. I admire and am moved by work in which I can almost see something, an image, fleeting, almost real and yet… I seek to convey without stating.
I have been greatly inspired by the Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki who emmigrated to France in 1948. His work speaks to me without telling a story. It is non-representational although we see mountains, streams, lakes and skies.
In this photography course I am hoping to gain technique as well as new insight into how I can integrate photographic “reality”, however manipulated, into my own work.
http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/zao/index.htmlGorgeous images. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Throughout the rest of the course you’ll find ways of incorporating strong design elements into your photographs. I hope you find this an enjoyable and rewarding experience as you work towards your photo-realism goals.
Looking forward to seeing your next photography assignment!
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