Breviature | An abbreviated form Sign or symbol Compendium or abstract |
N
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
Comments
The geometry of lines and curves. Beautiful and boldly blue with touch of rust.
what others say:
"From this hour, I ordain myself
loosed of limits and imaginary lines." - Walt Whitman
"Iron rusts from disuse,
stagnant water loses its purity and
in cold weather becomes frozen;
even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind." - George Allen
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels.
The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules,
and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them,
disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do
is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can
change the world, are the ones who do.
"Think Different," - Apple Computers Advertisement
Posted by: kw-h | October 10, 2006 10:13 PM