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Post by pixelpuffin on Jan 26, 2023 20:14:04 GMT
I recently discover Saul Leiter
How I managed to miss his work I honestly don’t know. I’m blown away, also Vivian Maier has knocked me for six
Prior to these my biggest influences were the greats featured in the classic Time Life encyclopaedia of photography. Mary Ellen Mark stands out the most for me.
I’d love to visit a gallery one day
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Post by adriansadlier on Jan 26, 2023 23:11:20 GMT
I have to admit, I am not aware of any "artistic influences" on my photography style. Or of even having a "style", at least a consistent one. My compositions tend to be driven by "what appeals to me". My editing tends to influenced more by techniques I have learnt (or new software I have acquired) recently. It changes over time. But I think it has also improved (at least, to me, it has) over time.
The only consistent theme is that I try to reproduce what I see - not with my eyes but my "inner eye" or mind (for want of a better phrase). When I press the shutter on my camera I usually have an idea/feeling of what it is I am attempting to capture (or how I will interpret it/will present it). I rarely succeed. It might be as banal as "this looks nice" to perhaps a deeper emotion that has triggered me to capture the image. Maybe it's an interaction between people, animals, beauty in the world around me.......
But it is mostly done on a subconscious level. I have never taken an image and thought "this is a simile for ...." or any sophisticated idea or concept, beforehand. It is probably driven most by emotion.
But never a pre-conceived artistic intent.
I just like making and sharing images. Maybe I'm just shallow?
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Post by Fenris on Jan 28, 2023 16:18:21 GMT
Having always suffered from art failure, the biggest influence on my artistic style has been Fenris who introduced me to www.artybollocks.com/I actually got away with using some of the quotes from that in my BA (Photographic Arts) course  |
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Post by Fenris on Jan 28, 2023 16:23:11 GMT
I would be very interested to hear the stories and experiences of others, the artists that have influenced them and had an impact on their photographic style. Artistic influences... For my flower photography the work of Karl Blossfeldt inspired me a lot. Also the old Botanical books of flowers, with the hand drawn pictures of flowers |
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Post by gray1720 on Jan 28, 2023 16:24:11 GMT
Having always suffered from art failure, the biggest influence on my artistic style has been Fenris who introduced me to www.artybollocks.com/I actually got away with using some of the quotes from that in my BA (Photographic Arts) course Tea snorted! |
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Post by andy on Jan 28, 2023 17:34:51 GMT
Some photographers have demonstrated techniques I want to use and others have shown me what not to do.
I like things like controlled focus and backgrounds in lower magnification macros. I don't like things like uncontrolled flash fall off in higher magnification macros (and I certainly don't like missing bits of focus in handheld focus stacks).
I like moments of excitement captured in action shots but I don't like staging shots to use remote flashes.
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Post by gray1720 on Jan 28, 2023 22:35:45 GMT
Having always suffered from art failure, the biggest influence on my artistic style has been Fenris who introduced me to www.artybollocks.com/I actually got away with using some of the quotes from that in my BA (Photographic Arts) course I told my niece, who is doing art A-level, whose response was "What a legend!"! |
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Post by Kath on Jan 30, 2023 8:21:44 GMT
Having always suffered from art failure, the biggest influence on my artistic style has been Fenris who introduced me to www.artybollocks.com/I actually got away with using some of the quotes from that in my BA (Photographic Arts) course I thought about it but in the end didn't dare. I'm utterly convinced some of my classmates did though. Either that or they really were that pretentious. |
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Post by JohnY on Feb 1, 2023 22:24:57 GMT
Having always suffered from art failure, the biggest influence on my artistic style has been Fenris who introduced me to www.artybollocks.com/So that's where the 'artists' in BJP get their words.  |
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Post by aitch on Feb 2, 2023 9:18:49 GMT
As far as I am aware, my influences must be unconscious ones. One thing I have realised lately is that the post processing I do seems to be another unconscious one - to make my pictures look more Kodachrome like.  |
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Post by dans on Feb 21, 2023 19:21:00 GMT
In my early photographic days, I could only afford B&W film and home processing, which was frustrating because I loved the works of Constable and Turner, and their use of colour, ranging from subtle to vivid. Later, the father of one of my girlfriends was a Canaletto enthusiast, and had many full size prints hanging in his fortunately large house. He inculcated in me an appreciation of some of the finesse of Canaletto's paintings and brushwork. The only photographer who ever influenced me was Karsh, and that in a negative way, as I realized after several attempts, portraiture was not for me. As a result, I have for many years appreciated photographing the view or scene in front of me, something that appealed to me and I thought worth photographing, in the best way I could, to convey to the viewer something of what I saw at that time. I don't - or can't - do fine art photography, nor the artistic and moody images that come into vogue from time to time. I describe myself as a chocolate box photographer! I would be very interested to hear the stories and experiences of others, the artists that have influenced them and had an impact on their photographic style. I like Canaletto too, some lovely paintings in the National Gallery I'm influenced by different artists all the time: Hopper, Hockney, Constable. I'm really fascinated by Andy Warhol and the complexities of his work, I feel I'd love to explore this kind of art much more in photography, more conceptual and less pop though. I did a few for a thread years ago started by eightbittony that I'd like to explore further based on the west owning food while the suppliers of that food go hungry. |
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Post by dans on Feb 21, 2023 19:22:20 GMT
I recently discover Saul Leiter How I managed to miss his work I honestly don’t know. I’m blown away, also Vivian Maier has knocked me for six Prior to these my biggest influences were the greats featured in the classic Time Life encyclopaedia of photography. Mary Ellen Mark stands out the most for me. I’d love to visit a gallery one day he's amazing isn't he |
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Post by dans on Feb 21, 2023 19:41:39 GMT
I was thinking about the punk band X-ray Spex and Polystyrene's lyrics, how she summed up in 4 words what the whole punk movement was trying to say "Oh bondage, up yours". I think she was a genius song writer.
And the lyric - "I know I'm artificial, but don't put the blame on me, I was born with appliances, in a consumer society", the ambumiguity in that is something we are fighting with today, and it is inspiring that she can coin that in such a short lyric.
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 21, 2023 21:19:43 GMT
I was thinking about the punk band X-ray Spex and Polystyrene's lyrics, how she summed up in 4 words what the whole punk movement was trying to say "Oh bondage, up yours". I think she was a genius song writer. And the lyric - "I know I'm artificial, but don't put the blame on me, I was born with appliances, in a consumer society", the ambumiguity in that is something we are fighting with today, and it is inspiring that she can coin that in such a short lyric. Spookily I have literally just finished watching a film about disability rights and the song on the end credits was Identity by X Ray Specs. This is then the first thread I read. |
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Post by dans on Feb 21, 2023 22:30:11 GMT
I was thinking about the punk band X-ray Spex and Polystyrene's lyrics, how she summed up in 4 words what the whole punk movement was trying to say "Oh bondage, up yours". I think she was a genius song writer. And the lyric - "I know I'm artificial, but don't put the blame on me, I was born with appliances, in a consumer society", the ambumiguity in that is something we are fighting with today, and it is inspiring that she can coin that in such a short lyric. Spookily I have literally just finished watching a film about disability rights and the song on the end credits was Identity by X Ray Specs. This is then the first thread I read. How funny. I remember buying that single in bright pink vinyl. There is a film I'm yet to watch about Polystyrene, curated by her daughter I believe, I must get around to watching it. |
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