Abstraction . definition
freedom of representational qualities in art.
At the start I thought abstraction was to do with the shadows of a photo and the shapes inside of it. Now that I've thought about it a bit more I think abstraction might have something to do with the formal elements of photography like shape, colour, tone and repetition. To take an abstract photo you might use one or more of the formal elements, emphasising them rather than worrying about the subject of the photo.
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can always remove all traces of reality.
-- Pablo Picasso
We were asked to put these images in order from the most to the least abstract. I decided to make the picture of the rotated mirror images as my most abstract because it left us with the most questions. It was mysterious to look at. I thought the least abstract image was the person with the red umbrella in the snow because I could see it clearly immediately.
We were then asked to make a pencil drawing of a famous photograph by Paul Strand. This was the first photograph to have the word 'abstract' in the title. I found it hard to accurately capture the shapes and shadows in the photo when I was making my drawing. I noticed that the light made strong patterns on the surface of the table and that the subject of the picture was light itself rather than it being a picture of some furniture.
The formal elements in photography
.lines-Can be vertical, horizontal,curved or jagged.
.Shapes-Two-dimensional ,representation of objects.
.Form-Three dimensional representation of objects, usually through the use of lighting and shadows.
.Texture-The use of lighting to bring out details of an object.
.Pattern-The use of repetition to create an interesting photo.
.Colour-Using warm or cool colours to set a mood.
.Space-Either negative or positive space can be used to make a statement.
.lines-Can be vertical, horizontal,curved or jagged.
.Shapes-Two-dimensional ,representation of objects.
.Form-Three dimensional representation of objects, usually through the use of lighting and shadows.
.Texture-The use of lighting to bring out details of an object.
.Pattern-The use of repetition to create an interesting photo.
.Colour-Using warm or cool colours to set a mood.
.Space-Either negative or positive space can be used to make a statement.
Dafna talmor research
In this image i can see a forest like setting and an object blocking half of the setting ,this makes our main focus the object at the front but also made me more interested in understanding what the image is and why it was photographed blocking out the middle of the landscape.The title constructed landscapes suggest that these landscapes are not all the same and that they are actually different but attached together, and cut out into random shapes and then photographed.I think the artist has pieced together photographs of different locations to make people question and look harder at the images too try and figure out where the different landscapes are. Photographs like these are interesting and intreging and leave us wanting to know more about it and ask question.
window abstract.
puzzled games
Brassi
brassi,a pseudonym of his name Gyula Halsaz ,was a Hungarian photographer ,sculpture and film maker ,born 9th September 1899,died 8th July 1984.He studied painting and sculpture at the academy of Fine arts in budapest as a young man.He served in the army for Hungary until the end of the first world war ,and was one of many Hungarian photographers who thrived during the two world wars .Brassi moved to Paris aged 25,where he lived the rest of his life.After moving to Paris,brassi worked as a journalist