I have decided to refine down on my ideas for the overall course of my ideas for this project, I have been inspired by the work of minimalist photographers, such as Micheal Kenna. When looking back at the image that I had taken for the codes photo-shoot, i felt overall more satisfied when looking at them and that I could take that idea further on and develop it greater that what i could do with the other ideas i have had previously. So to carry on this project i have decided to look at minimalism and abstract photography and have that as the basis of my project and eventually final ideas.
Minimalism Photography
Minimalism is a style employed by many 20th C
entury artists, using a minimum amount of components such as colour, shape, line and texture. Within the art world it is considered an extremely subjective concept, leaving interpretation and meaning up to the viewers perception of the work. Minimalism emerged in the late 50′s when artists such as Frank Stella, whose Black Paintings were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1959, began to turn away from the gestural art of the previous generation
Abstract Photography
Abstract photography, also known as non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials. An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or impression. The image may be produced using traditional photographic equipment like a camera, darkroom or computer, or it may be created without using a camera by directly manipulating film, paper or other photographic media, including digital presentations