Posts tagged photography
Paintings Without Fish
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting one in a fruit salad.
Part of me wants to say “oooohhh prettyyy” but I can’t help but think about how, as complimentary colors, blue and orange are especially appealing to the eye and used in both art and marketing to create a pleasant visual experience. If you don’t believe me, check out the last visual-focused blockbuster you saw (transformers?) and look at all the scenes with orange-tanned actors on blue backgrounds.
This photo was taken in the Upper Antelope Canyon near Page (AZ) and it shows the amazing effect of the sand thrown in the air and struck by the rays of the sun. (© Angiolo Manetti )
The SX-70 and a Photography Revolution
I love articles that delve deeply into something you’ve never thought about, which might at first seem obscure but as you look deeper you realize it has relevance. This is one of those articles - ostensibly about the 1972 Polaroid SX-70 “Land Camera”, the first true point-and-shoot instant camera, but it really looks at how simplification democratizes art, how an artistic influence on corporate culture breeds innovation, and much more.
Check it out and you’ll surely learn something.
Are you not moved?
Dan, like this photo.
I get a chill down my spine looking at this.
There is something powerful on an instinctual level about a portrait. It is a representation of one of the most significant things we can see - another person’s face. The subtleties of an expression defy our conventional language, even consciousness, yet we do perceive them. To truly capture a person, whether in paint, or graphite or film it undeniably an art form, and one which speaks to the core of us.
The second and third photos above have “muller” in their file names, but unfortunately I don’t have their original links to attribute them properly.
