ABSTRACTION
I think the word 'abstract' describes something that does not look artistic. It might also be something that isn't real.
1 consider (something) theoretically or separately from something else: to abstractscience and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism | [ no obj. ] : he cannot form a general notion by abstracting from particulars.
2 extract or remove (something): applications to abstract more water from streams.• used euphemistically to say that someone has stolen something: his pockets contained all he had been able to abstract from the apartment.• (abstract oneself) withdraw: as our relationship deepened you seemed to abstract yourself.
3 make a written summary of (an article or book): staff who index and abstract material for an online database.
2 extract or remove (something): applications to abstract more water from streams.• used euphemistically to say that someone has stolen something: his pockets contained all he had been able to abstract from the apartment.• (abstract oneself) withdraw: as our relationship deepened you seemed to abstract yourself.
3 make a written summary of (an article or book): staff who index and abstract material for an online database.
This is how the word is defined in the dictionary. Abstract things might be difficult to see or touch, like an idea, created in your mind rather than something you can see.
This image is by Paul Strand. It is entitled 'Abstraction, Twin Lakes, Connecticut' and was made in 1916. You can read more about the image here. The photographer created an abstract image deliberately, drawing attention to the Formal Elements. I think the photographer was interested in the shadow and the fragments my title would be fragments. Where was it taken the light is changing the picture, make it abstract photo apps with different lens.
THE FORMAL ELEMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE USUALLY AWARE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN CREATE INTEREST IN THEIR IMAGES BEYOND THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE SUBJECT. THIS IS WHAT SEPARATES GOOD PICTURES AND BAD PICTURES OF THE SAME THING. THE FOLLOWING LIST DESCRIBES SOME OF THE ABSTRACT ELEMENTS IN ANY PHOTOGRAPH. BELOW THE LIST IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN ANALYSE A PHOTOGRAPH LOOKING FOR THESE THINGS SPECIFICALLY AND HOW THIS HELPS TO GIVE THE IMAGE MEANING:
Focus:
Light: Line: Repetition: Shape: Space: Texture: Value/Tone: |
Which areas appear clearest or sharpest in the photograph? Which do not?
Which areas of the photograph are brightest? Are there any shadows? Does the photograph allow you to guess the time of day? Is the light natural or artificial? Harsh or soft? Reflected or direct? Are there objects in the photograph that act as lines? Are they straight, curvy, thin, thick? Do the lines create direction in the photograph? Do they outline? Do the lines show movement or energy? Are there any objects, shapes or lines which repeat and create a pattern? Do you see geometric (straight edged) or organic (curvy) shapes? Which are they? Is there depth to the photograph or does it seem shallow? What creates this appearance? Are there important negative (empty) spaces in addition to positive (solid) spaces? Is there depth created by spatial illusions i.e. perspective? If you could touch the surface of the photograph how would it feel? How do the objects in the picture look like they would feel? Is there a range of tones from dark to light? Where is the darkest value? Where is the lightest? |
My best line picture
my best line images is the one with the widow. In the background.
i like this one because it has a lot of lines in it and it shows how to make a abstract image.
the photograph who taken this pincher was yi-wen Li.
the photograph who taken this pincher was yi-wen Li.
What do artists do all day?
In the 1980s Ackroyd emerged as a landscape artist. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design mounted a retrospective exhibition of these works in 2006 and kept an archive of his work. His works range from minimalist, nearly abstract impressions, to detailed images. His work almost never includes the human figure, the landscape subjects are often of old human habitation. His prints range from tiny etchings intended to be bound into books to huge etchings. His preferred medium for working directly on paper is watercolour, including a recent project pairing his watercolors with poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland, published under the title Moored Man
this is cool David was the one who did this image.
Cut, Torn, Woven, Crumpled & Folded
Crumpled
cut
Experiment 1
Photoshop experiment
I decided to use Photoshop to design a new image. I learned how to do it by observing my teacher. The technique is called shape clipping. I experimented with different ways of using shapes in Photoshop to create duplicate layers.
Version #1
version 2 |