Some awesome work here
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/99-remarkable-photographers-portfolios/
Friday 30 November 2007
Tuesday 27 November 2007
The Ashes and Snow Project
Ashes and Snow, the child of Gregory Colbert is one of the most inspiring and beautiful art/photography/video projects ever envisaged. A "real" physical art project accompanied by an incredibly well designed website, Ashes and Snow maintains an unrivalled consistency across all media.
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/
The website is either viewable as a fully conceived Flash experience or in a basic, and lower bandwidth hungry, form.
Canadian born, Gregory Colbert, began the project in 1992 to explore the relationship between animals and man. After 10 years he launched a show/exhibition for the project in Venice, Italy, the biggest ever seen in that country. Since then, it has moved to different venues around the world and has been seen by 1.5 million people. It is moving to Mexico City in 2008.
The project continues to develop with Gregory making expeditions to new locations and creating more art.
Additionally, each venue for the show has an Education programme, and the from the website one can purchase books, dvds, cds of the soundtrack, posters etc.
The website is definitely worth a visit, and the art is almost indescribably beautiful.
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/
The website is either viewable as a fully conceived Flash experience or in a basic, and lower bandwidth hungry, form.
Canadian born, Gregory Colbert, began the project in 1992 to explore the relationship between animals and man. After 10 years he launched a show/exhibition for the project in Venice, Italy, the biggest ever seen in that country. Since then, it has moved to different venues around the world and has been seen by 1.5 million people. It is moving to Mexico City in 2008.
The project continues to develop with Gregory making expeditions to new locations and creating more art.
Additionally, each venue for the show has an Education programme, and the from the website one can purchase books, dvds, cds of the soundtrack, posters etc.
The website is definitely worth a visit, and the art is almost indescribably beautiful.
Sunday 25 November 2007
Judging images as successful.
How does one know if an image is successful? What is successful anyway?
Of course art is subjective and what I like is no indication of what someone else would like. Is success sales? Or having a high profile as photographic artist? Or being popular? Or just that feeling one gets when you know you got it just right?
Well out of the images I have sold there are several that I would never have bought myself. "But what do I know?" is a question that I often ask of myself. Funnily, I guess I must know something, because I took the picture myself didn't I?
I believe I produce Art images, saleable images, covetable and hangable images.
Above is a Fine Art flower study, that is one of my most popular and below is another that is also very popular.
Couldn't be more different - the addage "Never the twain shall meet" seems to apply.
Of course art is subjective and what I like is no indication of what someone else would like. Is success sales? Or having a high profile as photographic artist? Or being popular? Or just that feeling one gets when you know you got it just right?
Well out of the images I have sold there are several that I would never have bought myself. "But what do I know?" is a question that I often ask of myself. Funnily, I guess I must know something, because I took the picture myself didn't I?
I believe I produce Art images, saleable images, covetable and hangable images.
Above is a Fine Art flower study, that is one of my most popular and below is another that is also very popular.
Couldn't be more different - the addage "Never the twain shall meet" seems to apply.
Saturday 24 November 2007
Wanderings?
Wanderings around the world of photographic moments in time. Well, that's a pretentious start.
Wanderings, because finding a direction is always difficult for me.
Moments in time, because that is all there is. Some are memorable some are not. The moments I talk about maybe glimpses of a shadow on a wall or the way light falls on something. Perhaps the detail in an otherwise uninteresting object, a juxtaposition of colours or something remarkable in nature. I see many things worth capturing, things that I am sure no one else has noticed.
Photographic, because when I see a "moment", I want to capture it. I see the world in graphic terms of light, shade, form and colour. Photography allows me to steal those things and keep them for myself (and others too).
I don't get hung up on the technical nitty gritty of photography. I know how to get the best out of my cameras, I understand all that technical stuff. However, the image is paramount; I take the picture, my eyes, my brain, my heart - the camera just records it.
Wanderings, because finding a direction is always difficult for me.
Moments in time, because that is all there is. Some are memorable some are not. The moments I talk about maybe glimpses of a shadow on a wall or the way light falls on something. Perhaps the detail in an otherwise uninteresting object, a juxtaposition of colours or something remarkable in nature. I see many things worth capturing, things that I am sure no one else has noticed.
Photographic, because when I see a "moment", I want to capture it. I see the world in graphic terms of light, shade, form and colour. Photography allows me to steal those things and keep them for myself (and others too).
I don't get hung up on the technical nitty gritty of photography. I know how to get the best out of my cameras, I understand all that technical stuff. However, the image is paramount; I take the picture, my eyes, my brain, my heart - the camera just records it.
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