Fine Art Photography

Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created to fulfil the creative vision of the artist. Fine art photography stands in contrast to documentary and commercial photography. Documentary photography provides visual support for stories, mainly in the print media. Commercial photography's main focus is to sell a product or service.

What is Fine Art Photography?

Things to consider:

•Form:some fine art photography concentrates on themes like form. Using the photograph to emphasise human form, natural forms or made forms.

Adrian Ensor Bernice Abbott

Natural Form:

Robert Mapplethorpe

Edward Weston

Ansel Adams

Human Form:

Robert Mapplethorpe

Personal: Your project should be of great interest to you. Almost an obsession. Whether you’re interested in flowers or people’s faces your photographs should capture everything you love about the subject.

Philip Lorca DiCorcia

Message: your project could inform the viewer about a specific theme or topic that you feel strongly about.

Sarah Lucas

Shock value: A lot of fine art photography is about shocking the viewer. It will have a message or issues that make the people looking at it feel a bit uncomfortable.

Thomas Florschuetz

Experimental:Surreal objects and composition can create a strange, interesting world. This could show a particular emotion or feeling.

Man Ray

The Contemporary Surreal PortraitMisha GordonA Russian Surreal Photographer. All of the following images are done using tradition methods of darkroom photography, but add a modern twist to the portrait.

Use objects and places to capture the emotion of a person…..

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