Abstract photography concentrates on shape, form, colour, pattern and texture. The viewer is often unable to see the whole object. The subject of the photo is often only a small part of the idea of the image. Viewers may only know the essence of the image subject or understand it by what is implied. However, it could be argued that all art, including photography, is essentially abstract. I first set out to look for straight bold lines and found that the bright yellow works well.
I edited these photos in photoshop by adjusting the hue and increasing the contrast to create different coloured lines to achieve more interesting, abstract photographs. I also experiemented with different layouts, creating patterns and geometrical shapes by flipping the photos vertically and horizontally.
I tried to explore the contrast of colour between the yellow and black and the texture they presented. Using natural light and photographed different angles of the wall to create variety within the collection. To improve this photo shoot I would edit the photos to make them more abstract so the viewer would not be able to see that it was a wall and would emphasise the pattern and texture.
I edited these photos in photoshop to develop them further by turning them black and white and making the lines more bold. I like how the black and white emphasises the texture within the wall and the weathering that has occurred over time. I think it is now less clearer to the viewer that the photograph is of a wall and is now more abstract.
I think the photos I have taken are similar to this photo (Torn Poster II—Redbird) Ernst Haas photographed in 1960. Both photos contain bold, straight lines and texture within that. The black lines frame the picture and are the points where the eyes are drawn to. Similarly, both contain horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.
After reading up about the ways in which I could use my point system on my camera, I went out with a few friends to incorporate this into my photos, these were my results:
I decided to have a go with the method in a few of my photos, and so walked around school experimenting with it, these were my results:
These Photographers would go around the country taking the same composition of certain objects, which when one was taken would not look that impressive, but rather when hundreds were taken precisely from the same distance, and combined together, it creates an almost artistic creation
In response to this I decided I would walk around my home area and try to incorporate this style into my images, I chose the themes around car lights, windows with chimneys, and doors. These were some of my results:
I decided that the car topology sheets worked the best, due to the contrast between the lights and the bonnets of the car which came in different shapes.
I tried having a go with this concept, by focusing firstly on the backdrop rather than the central figure, and then on the figure rather than the backdrop.
In this image I chose to focus purely on the backdrop of the trees rather than the character within, as an experiment with my cameras focal length.
This image however I chose to focus on the closer object to the lens, which happened to be a bee on a flower, therefore blurring out the backdrop rather than keeping it clear.
Ernst Haas (1921-1986) was born in Vienna and took up photography after the war.
Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer.
