Breviature | An abbreviated form Sign or symbol Compendium or abstract |
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o art form can exist in a vacuum. Being a manmade artifice, each new work of art is of necessity derivative of all prior efforts. Creativity comes from deviating from this known foundation in a way that remains recognizable by the required audience. Sharply focused abstractions based on careful and precise framing is one approach separated from a plethora of “purely photographic methods.”
“Group f/64 limits its members and invitational names to those workers who are striving to define photography as an art form by simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods. The Group will show no work at any time that does not conform to its standards of pure photography. Pure photography is defined as possessing no qualities of technique, composition or idea, derivative of any other art form. The production of the "Pictorialist," on the other hand, indicates a devotion to principles of art which are directly related to painting and the graphic arts.” - Group f/64 Manifesto
