Fine art photography

Fine art- this is essentially concept art which can be promoted as advertising or commercial photography but they are created for purely artistic reasons. Some people see the purpose to document as photojournalism as the images are used for commercial purposes but the image has been taken for art and after it has been taken for advertisement. The images have not been taken for any reason but simply the way it looks. It does not have to tell a story or sell something it just has to look good. Photographers making these images can try to fit in as much as possible in the image to make it look better but they still follow some of the rules of photography like the rule of thirds to make it as good as possible. These images are usually posted online on blogs of photographers with fine art albums which they will try and sell them to people for good money. After they are sold they can be used for any purpose the buyer desires to. Lots of this type of images have some sort of meaning to it either provided by the photographer or left for the audience to decide

For example the image below shows something that makes no sense what so ever but it looks appealing as it is unique and interesting. This image has been manipulated with computer software a lot but that is what makes it look good. The image shows what one person can be dedicated to or are thinking about. Here this girl is thinking about or is passionate about nature and historical landmarks. At least that is what I can gather from this image but there can be more to the image then this.

This next image has some meaning to it and it looks good as it is the purpose of these images. The image is telling the audience that the person illustrated in the image can be anyone and they can find a way out with music. The way out can be from anything like stress, anger, jealousy and many more feeling that you might want to escape from.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: August 22, 1908- August 3, 2004

Was a French photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. Was born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Sein-et-marne, France, and the oldest of five. His father was a wealth textiles manufacturer, his mother’s family were cotton merchants and land owners from Normandy where he spent part of his childhood and he was raised in a traditional French fashion. His parents could financially help him in his interest in photography however his father though he would take up the family business but the youth was strong willed and upset by this prospect.

The artist Henry Cartier Bresson likes to do art with himself. He wears casual clothes if he’s in the picture. The way he composes the images are very clever because in the first image he’s in the picture 3 times first he’s self (over the shoulder shot), second one is a drawing (point of view shot) and the third one is a mirror with his face there (mid-shot), these are all diefferent5 ways of him trying to express himself. In the second picture he’s once again done the image very clearly, it looks like he’s taking a picture of something while someone else has taken a picture of him and the background (mid-shot). Both of the images have been edited black and white.

It is hard to find out if there is a story behind the artist’s work because other people will have a different opinion on it. I feel the story behind it is he’s a hard worker and doesn’t rely on no-one, this is because he shows himself in three different ways and he focuses his artwork on himself. Also the fact that he is on top of building could represent his power and how he works independently.

There are recurrent themes in this artist’s work. For example the art he produces is usually around himself only. Also the way he represents himself is clever. Both pictures above have also been edited to black and white to add affect.

I assume the message’s behind Henri Cartier Bresson’s work is that you are only one person but people may have different views on you and don’t let that put you down as someone thinks your different because it’s good to be different. The reason why I feel this is the message because Henri represents himself in different ways.

The technique the artist uses while he is in the image makes it out to look like he is doing something but doesn’t pose for the pictures he’s almost doing something. He also likes to edit the pictures black and white. On the same hand the framing of most images is very similar, they tend to be high     up to show strength and power.

This is another image taken by Henry Cartier Bresson.The Image is mainly focused on the man and the background is blurred out this is called a shallow focus. Also it’s used the rule of thirds because the man is looking somewhere and we don’t really know what.

Ansel Adams- Ansel Easton Adams February 20, 1902- April 22, 1984. He was an American photographer and environmentalist. Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California grew up in the upper class as an only child.  Adams had a warm, loving and supportive relationship with his father, but had a distant relationship with his mother, who did not approve of his interest in photography. Adams was interested in the piano from the age of 12 but he ultimately gave up music for photography. He got given his first camera to him by his father in 1916. He learnt basic dark room skills during that winter while working part-time for a San Francisco photo finisher.

Ansel seems to capture the nicest moments on this planet that being between people and just in nature. Look at the two images above one is simply of a great nature shot and the other is two people having a nice moment. The women in the image is looking at the man with a smile on her face. The both of them are in focus with the sky in the background. This is a low angle shot using the rule of thirds making the both of them the focus of the image.eh chose a bland background as he wanted the image to be about them two.

 I assume Ansel likes to depict images of nature and how beautiful this world is due to his love for this world and how he sees it. Ansel’s images consist of beautiful nature shots but a few images featuring people who are the sole focus of the image. I think Ansel wanted to show the world how beautiful this planet is and what is has to offer if you are willing to go and look for it or make it with other people.

I would like to point out that none of these images are edited in any way as back in the day of 1920’s to 1950’s there were no ways to edit images other than placing filters on the lens giving the image some nice affects. However to my knowledge Ansel has never done this.

Most of Ansels images consist of dark tones with the light areas standing out capturing the dark the essence of the image. This image is very light and the thing standing out are two crosses on the archway leading into a church and on top of the church. The first cross is in focus with the arch way. The cross in the back is out of focus. To be honest am not sure what message Ansel is trying to show however this image looks good none the less.