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BY JOANNE BILLONES

*ART IS A SUBJECTIVELY BIASED INTERPRETATION OF THE

ARTISTS SUBJECT
*ART IS THE EXPRESSION OR APPLICATION OF HUMAN
CREATIVE SKILL AND IMAGINATION, TYPICALLY IN A VISUAL
FORM SUCH AS PAINTING OR SCULPTURE, PRODUCING
WORKS TO BE APPRECIATED PRIMARILY FOR THEIR BEAUTY
OR EMOTIONAL POWER.

UNLIKE ANY OTHER VISUAL

IMAGE, A PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT A
RENDERING, AN IMITATION OR AN
INTERPRETATION OF ITS SUBJECT,
BUT ACTUALLY A TRACE OF IT. NO
PAINTING OR DRAWING,
HOWEVER NATURALIST, BELONGS
TO ITS SUBJECT IN THE-JOHN
WAY
BERGER, THAT
WAYS OF SEEING
A PHOTOGRAPH DOES.

ART PHOTOGRAPHY
"Photography that is done as a fine art -- that is, done to express the
artist's perceptions and emotions and to share them with others

"The production of images to fulfil the creative vision of a

photographer.

"A frequently used but somewhat vague term. The idea underlying it is
that the producer of a given picture has aimed at something more than a
merely realistic rendering of the subject, and has attempted to convey
a personal impression"

 In 1961, Dr S.D. Jouhar founded the Photographic Fine Art Association, and
he was its Chairman. Their definition of Fine Art was Creating images that
evoke emotion by a photographic process in which one's mind and
imagination are freely but competently exercised.

Two studies by Christopherson in 1974 defined "fine art photographers" as

"those persons who create and distribute photographs specifically as 'art.

A 1986 ethnographic and historical study by Schwartz did not directly define
"fine art photography" but did compare it with "camera club photography". It
found that fine art photography "is tied to other media" such as painting;
"responds to its own history and traditions" (as opposed to "aspir[ing] to the
same achievements made by their predecessors"); "has its own vocabulary";
"conveys ideas" (e.g., "concern with form supersedes concern with subject
matter"); "is innovative"; "is personal"; "is a lifestyle"; and "participates
in the world of commerce."

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

VS. DOCUMENTARY ART
PHOTOGRAPHY
Fine art photography is a visual account created in accordance with the vision of
the artist as photographer

Documentary photography is used in specific subjects and events, literally

representing objective reality rather than the subjective intent of the photographer

In commercial photography, the primary focus is to advertise products or

services

During the 20

century, both and documentary art photography became accepted

by the English-speaking art world and the gallery system.
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PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE
ART ADVOCATES
Alfred Stieglitz
Edward Steichen
John Szarkowski
F. Holland Day
Edward Weston

PICTORIALISM VS.
STRAIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
PICTORIALISM

STRAIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

Initial movement in photography Advocated by f/64 group

wherein photographers try to
imitate painting styles.

Often uses soft focus for a

dreamy romantic look.

(Edward Weston, Ansel Adams,

etc.)

The photograph is a sharply

focused thing in itself and not an
imitation of something else

ART BY CLIVE BELL

There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist;
possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless.
What is this quality? What quality is shared by all objects that provoke our
aesthetic emotions? What quality is common to sta. Sophia and the
windows at Chartres, Mexican sculpture, a Persian bowl, Chinese carpets,
Giotto's frescoes at Padua, and the masterpieces of Poussin, Piero della
Francesca, and Cezanne? Only one answer seems possible
SIGNIFICANT FORM. In each, lines and colors combined in a particular
way, certain forms and relations of forms, stir our aesthetic emotions.

99 CENT II
DIPTYCHON BY
ANDREAS GURSKY
The work depicts an interior of a
supermarket with numerous aisles depicting
goods resulting in a colorful work. The work
is digitally altered to reduce perspective.