Thursday, May 25, 2006

How? Why? or What?




Image taken of small flower, out of focus to blend the colours






Does it matter how or why a picture was taken? I think the end result can stand on its own, further thought into the context and method of its production can rob it of something, reduce it down to an array of pixels, rather than colours and lines making sense, stirring emotions, receptors, provoking thought and most of all inspiration.

I think we need to see images on 3 levels at least, uppermost must be what is presented and only that, secondly the concept and motive behind that image, the emotion, feeling and suggestiveness put into it, thirdly the equipment, location, processing can be thought of, but does this matter? if only to inform on how to replicate? to copy?

Do we look at Monet and discuss his brush work, his method of construction before we mavel at the colour, form and exuberance of the picture?





















Image of some random flowers, simply to add colour to the page.

4 Comments:

Blogger Jude Calvert-Toulmin said...

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4:57 pm  
Blogger Jude Calvert-Toulmin said...

hi j :) i love the fuschia colour of the flower in the bottom pic, but the top pic is really something. that is a GREAT pic. so simple yet really wonderful, nice one! :)

4:58 pm  
Blogger John Hunter said...

Jude, did you delete a post?

5:01 pm  
Blogger John Hunter said...

Maybe not eh? we can leave that to Jude

8:58 am  

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