Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: petermfiore on July 02, 2019, 04:49:11 pm
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A Discovery...
Peter
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And that illustrates what is probably a common difference between photography and painting: would anyone makiing a painting cut a body like that and place it where you did?
To me, it shows that your artist is actually non-identical twins.
As a photographer, it is both accepted behaviour and highly effective. As a painter, would you ever think of intentionally framing like that? You are a good person to ask, being pretty damned good at both disciplines.
Rob
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Rob,
Actually I have.
But it would have been in my illustration days. Story telling is the name of the game.
Here there is also a bit of a narrative.
There is much in painting, that this is not new.
Peter
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As a painter, would you ever think of intentionally framing like that? You are a good person to ask, being pretty damned good at both disciplines.
Ask Degas.
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Ask Degas.
I can't; he was a little before my time.
:-)
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Ask Degas.
Elliot,
In art school school, Degas was a big influence on me. His "Looking through the keyhole", to observe life candidly.
This also made a big impression on my photography as well. That's why street is my idea of photography.
For me, the camera does people better than a brush. At least the stories I enjoy telling.
Painting is landscape for me. Total freedom, in where I place things and how. It's as close as I can be to abstraction without crossing the line.
Peter
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Brilliant, Peter.
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Elliot,
In art school school, Degas was a big influence on me. His "Looking through the keyhole", to observe life candidly.
This also made a big impression on my photography as well. That's why street is my idea of photography.
For me, the camera does people better than a brush. At least the stories I enjoy telling.
Painting is landscape for me. Total freedom, in where I place things and how. It's as close as I can be to abstraction without crossing the line.
Peter
Maybe Vargas did women better with a brush?
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Maybe Vargas did women better with a brush?
;-)
I haven’t seen his photos, so it could go either way.
Peter
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I don't offhand recall Rembrandt doing one like this, but I like it a lot.
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I don't offhand recall Rembrandt doing one like this, but I like it a lot.
No he didn't...But more then a couple of his paintings were cut down to fit newer surrounds over the years. So pieces of people in some cases have been removed.
Peter
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I haven’t seen his photos, so it could go either way.
Peter
I think Rob's talking about the Vargas who did paintings of nudes, Peter.
And I guess you know I agree about street photography. There have been a few paintings that come close: Degas L'Absinthe, Picasso The Frugal Repast. But the camera is what captures the human interludes that are real street photography.
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I think Rob's talking about the Vargas who did paintings of nudes, Peter.
And I guess you know I agree about street photography. There have been a few paintings that come close: Degas L'Absinthe, Picasso The Frugal Repast. But the camera is what captures the human interludes that are real street photography.
I know Vargas very well ...Because I haven't seen his photographs, if there are any, how can I judge if his brush is better? That's a bad joke I guess.
Peter