{"id":110183,"date":"2018-08-17T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T18:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=110183"},"modified":"2018-08-17T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T18:07:37","slug":"photography-is-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/17\/photography-is-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography is Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

As a photographer you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an artist. Never let anyone else tell you otherwise.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Why is there a negative bias towards photographers?<\/h2>\n

\"Cindy<\/p>\n

The reason people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really call photography \u00e2\u20ac\u0153art\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is for these reasons:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. It is open and democratic: Anyone can take a picture, yet crafting poems and painting is more difficult to learn. <\/li>\n
  2. Painters paint for the sake of it; photographers started off as documentary image makers. Thus, the beginning of photography had more of a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153newspaper reporting\u00e2\u20ac\u009d tradition (Magnum photos and photojournalism) than photography as art. <\/li>\n
  3. With digital photography, most people have a hard time seeing something which is easily replicable as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153art\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Most people believe that true \u00e2\u20ac\u0153art\u00e2\u20ac\u009d must be one of a kind (like there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only one Mona Lisa in existence). <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    What does \u00e2\u20ac\u0153art\u00e2\u20ac\u009d mean?<\/h2>\n

    \"Cindy<\/p>\n

    The best definition I have for art is this:<\/p>\n

    \n An intentional \u00e2\u20ac\u0153putting together\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or something.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    My definition is informed by the etymology (root of the word) \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcars<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Latin (it means a skillful craft). This is what inspired me to make my photography feedback startup platform to be called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153arsbeta.com<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d I see photography as art! And as artists, our work is always in flux or evolution \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153beta\u00e2\u20ac\u009d form!<\/p>\n

    Or the photo-Indian \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcher<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153putting together, to fit, to fix.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

    So an artist is someone who intentionally, skillfully, puts things together!<\/p>\n

    \n

    Composition<\/h2>\n

    \"Cindy<\/p>\n

    Composition<\/a> means to put something together. So for composition in photography and all visual arts, we are trying to best \u00e2\u20ac\u0153put together\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153arrange\u00e2\u20ac\u009d visual elements to make a powerful image.<\/p>\n

    \"Cindy<\/p>\n

    I think photography is all about composition. However you put together visual elements is how you create meaning in a photograph. Because composition ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just lines, shapes, and forms. Composition is who<\/em> you decide to put into your pictures. For example, your loved ones. For me, it is Cindy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \"Cindy<\/p>\n

    \n

    Do you like your own photos?<\/h2>\n

    \"Kyoto<\/p>\n

    Now, to me, I see all photography is art. But I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like all the photos I see. Therefore, I am a judge of the pictures of my own and others.<\/p>\n

    \"Eric<\/p>\n

    I have pride<\/a> in my pictures, and I like my own photos. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like all the photos of others; but I always appreciate the heart and soul they put into their work.<\/p>\n

    Ultimately, when I look at the photos of others, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really care too much if the photos are good or not. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m more concerned whether the photos are authentic<\/em> or not \u00e2\u20ac\u201d whether I can see the soul<\/a> of the photographer in his or her photos.<\/p>\n

    \n

    You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an artist, and the camera is your sword<\/h2>\n

    \"dark<\/p>\n

    Some last words of advice: a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153photographer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a sketcher or a drawer of light. The camera is your paintbrush or your art-creation tool. Thus,<\/p>\n

    \n Paint your own reality with your camera.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    JUST SHOOT IT.
    \nERIC<\/p>\n

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