Abstract photography, sometimes called 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.
Abstract photography is based on the photographers eye. We’re looking to capture something in a way that it would not usually be seen. Looking for the details, the patterns, the lines, the form, shape and colors that complete a subject and utilizing those key features to make an engaging image.
László Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy, born in 1895 in Borsód, Austria-Hungary, believed in the potential of art as a vehicle for social transformation, working hand in hand with technology for the betterment of humanity. A multifaceted artist, educator, and prolific writer, Moholy-Nagy experimented across mediums, moving fluidly between the fine and applied arts, pursuing his quest to illuminate the interrelatedness of life, art, and technology. Among his radical innovations were his experiments with cameraless photographs (which he dubbed “photograms”); unconventional use of industrial materials in painting and sculpture; experiments with light, transparency, space, and motion across mediums; and his work at the forefront of abstraction.
my favorite photograph he took:
this is a photograph he took of a what seems to be a building, but he took it from an angle which made it abstract. the patters of those balconies one on top of the other is very interesting and eye catching. and finally the black and white filter adds even more definition to the photograph.
experimenting with abstract photography:
in order to take abstract photographs i had to have a plan first and that was to burrow a camera from the school and go off to the fields and down the beach and just take photographs of anything that catches my eye and this is what i came up with.
i call this one The Moving Cyclamen and its basically just a photograph of a plant of species cyclamen but the main thing here was to take the photograph with the slowest speed possible while moving the camera to the left and right at a very steady rate. and this created a lot of movement and color in the photograph.
this is a photograph of a lichen growing on a tree’s bark. the intense color of this organism really caught my eye and the texture looks like its a piece of art. this photograph although was taken with very fast shutter speed to create a sharp image.
This is a photograph i took of a tree at dusk time. the time of the day in addition to the angle the photograph was taken at created a very simple yet abstract photograph.
this is a photograph i took at sunrise. i took this photograph at an angle in where the sun is opposite to me reflecting sunshine off the breaking waves into the camera. this created a lot of color and light in the photograph. this photograph was taken at a fast shutter speed to catch the movement of the waves.