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I was recently asked to a art project with a model. I'm not sure what art photography is. What type of photos or outfits are involved? Jun 30 17 05:41 am Link You have "Art" listed as one of the genres you shoot. What did you have in mind when you listed it? Jun 30 17 07:41 am Link There are some in the previous poster's port. There is one in your port that would be a good starting point. It is as easily defined as art is defined. Sorry. No help, I know. The best suggestion I can make is to start talking to the model about the concepts she has. She could be thinking anything from bodyscapes to mountain tops. Take those concepts and get creative with lighting and positions. Jun 30 17 08:05 am Link I've spent the past 30 years of my life asking that question and studying it. Start here: http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthis … otography/ Jun 30 17 08:24 am Link vikingfotos wrote: Art photography is broader than any other genre. It can encompass any type of photo or outfit. Jun 30 17 08:44 am Link Art Photography is photography by Arthur. Ask Arthur what he shoots. By the very nature of the term "art", you will never get a definitive answer. Jun 30 17 08:57 am Link Things that may be important to note. You have to create your own art, it is good to spend time with the art of other artists and it is good to ponder the unanswerable "what is Art" question. Some ideas may become useful much later than you might hope. No ideas are wasted. I am going to paraphrase a recent quote from Juana Molina, a musician from Argentina. "Of course we all know that accidents are our best friends. It is just like driving only you don't die." Don't second guess yourself, allow your creativity to flow. When you are finished being creative there is plenty of time for evaluation. Creating is not on a schedule, it is not manufacturing. Let it flow. I am a songwriter and by far my worst habit is to "edit as I go". I've largely overcome it, the end result being I have lots of really stupid songs and some wonderful things I am very proud to have had flow through me. Jun 30 17 10:21 am Link You might want to ask them about the project. Ask the person who approached you what THEY think art is. Jun 30 17 12:44 pm Link Here's Google's definition of "Art Photography"-- https://www.google.com/search?q=art+pho … mp;bih=414 or to break it down further: "Art Nude" https://www.google.com/search?q=art+nud … p;dpr=1.25 "Art Portrait" https://www.google.com/search?q=art+por … mp;bih=414 Etc., etc., etc. My guess would be that she either means a project built around a specific theme or maybe she wants something involving some level of nudity. At any rate those seem to me to be the most common definitions. Best bet is to sit down and discuss it with her. All IMHO as always, of course. Jun 30 17 02:36 pm Link Jun 30 17 03:27 pm Link Art Photography . . . . Photographs produced by an Artist Jun 30 17 04:39 pm Link Ken Marcus Studios wrote: Soup spoon . . . . Spoon used to eat soup Jun 30 17 04:58 pm Link I see artistic photography when you have total freedom express yourself to convey a message or an observation with not constraints from a paying client!...Or a gallery curator demanding more of what sells best ..... Jun 30 17 05:03 pm Link It is photography that you call "art". Jul 03 17 09:32 am Link There have been long "debate" threads on MM discussing whether an image is "photography" or "graphic arts". Since the word photography means "writing with light", I feel that should include using a tablet and creating a piece from scratch with a paint program of your choice. While unforeseen at the time the word photography was added to the lexicon, it seems to fit the intention of the word better than using a camera. So, as well as the difficulty of defining the vast gray area of "art", you also need to define the meaning of "photography". Or, you could just be creative and make the best images you know how to make. Let others decide, there will never be agreement. So it goes. Jul 03 17 10:01 am Link Creative Image wrote: Yes it can be an "art"...Like so many other "arts".....Beside visual arts...Cooking, martial, and on and on.... Jul 03 17 11:44 am Link Art photography: stuff I would hang over the couch in the livingroom. Erotic photography: stuff I would hang in the den or bathroom. Glamour: stuff I put on the coffee table. Pornography: stuff I hide at the bottom of the underwear drawer. Landscape: stuff I save to replace the erotic photographs with when the in-laws visit. Jul 17 17 02:59 am Link Anything that's a B&W, or duotone . . .  SOS Jul 17 17 06:54 am Link Art photography is subjective and it means a lot of different things to different people. Some editorial photography could easily fall into that category. This shot has an art photography feel to it (IMHO). From one of our MM colleagues (Wandering Eyebubble). In this thread.  I like this shot! Artfully done.  or this one from SOSPIX... Excellent! Jul 17 17 07:25 am Link I think you have to decide for yourself what is art and what isn't. I have had many people suggest "artistic" concepts that they wanted me to model for but I didn't see them as being artistic, which didn't always stop me from eagerly participating anyway. It's all in the eyes of the persons creating the work, and those who look at the finished product. Being displayed in an art gallery usually qualifies something as being artistic (to my thinking), but that may also be open to interpretation since I have seen some really bad work in galleries that I wouldn't give a second look, nor would I pose for similar work. I have posed for quite a few things which were displayed in galleries, but that doesn't mean all of them were art, and I have done other things which I feel quite strongly were artistic but other people don't always think so. It's about as clear as mud.  Jul 17 17 09:42 am Link Giacomo Cirrincioni wrote: LOL Jul 17 17 02:18 pm Link Ask the model directly ?? Why ask anybody else what that person is thinking ? Jul 17 17 02:38 pm Link I don't believe there is such a thing as "art photography". It's either art or not: art covers all mediums. No one says "art painting", or "art sculpture". Jul 17 17 06:32 pm Link Jorge Kreimer wrote: No, but they do say "art hop" so either that means that hopping is art or an especially artistic style of hopping is art, or something. Jul 17 17 07:04 pm Link vikingfotos wrote: I had a friend who was a painter. She once asked me to take photos of her paintings. I guess that made me an "art photographer", technically. Jul 18 17 01:44 am Link hbutz New York wrote: 😉 Jul 18 17 05:53 am Link vikingfotos wrote: There are outfits? LOL Jul 18 17 06:06 am Link Giacomo Cirrincioni wrote: When I posed this question to a prof, he responded "How long do you have?" :-) Jul 18 17 06:07 am Link Jorge Kreimer wrote: "Though the definition of what constitutes art is disputed[6][7][8] and has changed over time, general descriptions mention an idea of imaginative or technical skill stemming from human agency[9] and creation.[10]" Jul 18 17 06:10 am Link Jorge Kreimer wrote: This! Jul 18 17 09:37 am Link I think art in any form is freedom of expression and creative direction where the only boundaries are that of your imagination. Photography is just medium where the canvass being the subject and your brushes are the lighting and the camera. Every genre of photography is art. So I'd ask the poster what genre of art it is they are looking to explore. Jul 18 17 10:05 am Link Any photography can be artistic regardless of the genre. But generally saying there is a genre called Art Photography. Just google it and you will get a sense for what it means. Jul 18 17 10:21 am Link Love the Arts wrote: Her name ain't "Art" LTS . . . Jul 18 17 10:22 am Link "Art" is in the eye of the beer holder. Jul 19 17 03:40 pm Link Well, I'd differentiate "art painter" from "house painter" or "car painter," although certainly the latter two can be artistic. When it appeals to you as artistic, then it's art to you. This is one of my favorite shots of a model. I see it as artistic. If no one else does, that's fine. I'm not being paid. I'm taking the shots to please myself, and it pleases me.  Jul 24 17 05:49 pm Link vikingfotos wrote: Ask the model to be specific. Jul 30 17 10:22 am Link New to Atlanta, looking to network. Follow my IG @Dee_thamodel Aug 16 17 11:04 am Link |
