My personal Abstration
Abstraction: existing in thought or an idea but not having a physical or concrete.
Example is: topics will vary in degrees of abstraction. |
The quality of dealing with ideas rather then events and freedom from representational qualities in art.
my thoughts on abstractions are that they need to be not easy to find out what it is of or it cant be abstract. |
Formal Elements
focus:The center or interest in an image.
Line: Getting the lines in the image your taking and define your images as well.
repetition: the action of repeating or something that has already been said or written.
Shape: the external form contours or outlines of someone or something.
Space: A continuous or expanse which is free available or unoccupied.
Texture: appearance and a series and substance and colours that make the image stand out.
Value/Tone: Light and darkness of an image and using different tones in colour.
focus:The center or interest in an image.
Line: Getting the lines in the image your taking and define your images as well.
repetition: the action of repeating or something that has already been said or written.
Shape: the external form contours or outlines of someone or something.
Space: A continuous or expanse which is free available or unoccupied.
Texture: appearance and a series and substance and colours that make the image stand out.
Value/Tone: Light and darkness of an image and using different tones in colour.
abstract images from home!
this images are about trying to get shape, angles and abstraction all in the same images.
In these images i was looking at using lines and just trying to create good abstract images.
In the photos i thought a lot about lines and lighting because i think that it is important in abstraction. also I chose these two because they really express the way the images are, also how they look in all different types of ways as possible.
man ray
How you make abstract photograms
Collect some objects and line them up under the photo paper. And count every 5 seconds scanning the objects, then you put your paper in each tray and then at the end it creates images. Also leave it to dry and then you have your images.
favourite abstract photograms
This photogram is my best one because i think it is hard to know what it is and how he has managed to create this and not understand what it might be. also this looks like a snake falling down a river or a spiral falling from a table.also the thing at the bottom looks like a wind wheel and i also think this is abstract because the use of texture.
home learning!
James Welling is a postmodern artist. He earned both a BFA and an MFA at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, where he studied with, among others, Dan Graham.
Born: 1951 (age 67 years)
Welling has exhibited include the 2008 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. In 2009, Welling’s work was featured in the historical survey, The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984.
Born: 1951 (age 67 years)
Welling has exhibited include the 2008 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. In 2009, Welling’s work was featured in the historical survey, The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984.
photograms
Its 2-dimensional
There is a lot going on in each image to make an abstract image
bleached pink going across each image as the effect.
part of the abstract image was removed.A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light.
There is a lot going on in each image to make an abstract image
bleached pink going across each image as the effect.
part of the abstract image was removed.A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light.
image of school
abstraction has been added to have an effect.
the sky having been edited to create and make a good image for the looker.
bold on the outside but effective in the middle.
2-dimensional
the sky having been edited to create and make a good image for the looker.
bold on the outside but effective in the middle.
2-dimensional
Jaromir funke
Jaromír Funke was a Czech photographer. Funke was a leading figure in Czech photography during the 1920s and 1930s.Born: 1 August 1896, and died 22 March 1945. Funke became interested in politically engaged photography.Bad living was created during the time period of 1930-1931 and was a photographic series that dealt with the issues of poverty.
I personally like his work because he is strange and creative at the same time and he used angles and light to create a good image.
I personally like his work because he is strange and creative at the same time and he used angles and light to create a good image.
HARRY CALLAHAN
Harry Morey Callahan was a twentieth century American photographer. Wikipedia
Born: 22 October 1912, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 15 March 1999, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Callahan disregarded the limits of conventional landscapes to give equal focus to both broad perspectives and individual details. His work is grouped into three themes which he described in 1975 as ‘Nature, Buildings and People.
i personally think his work is really strange also because he has gilted the camera to have a knock on effect.
Born: 22 October 1912, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 15 March 1999, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Callahan disregarded the limits of conventional landscapes to give equal focus to both broad perspectives and individual details. His work is grouped into three themes which he described in 1975 as ‘Nature, Buildings and People.
i personally think his work is really strange also because he has gilted the camera to have a knock on effect.
Aaron siskind
Aaron Siskind was an American photographer. He is considered to be closely involved with, if not a part of, the abstract expressionist movement.
Born: 4 December 1903, New York City, New York, United States
Died: 8 February 1991, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Known for: Photography
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Education: City College of New York(1926), DeWitt Clinton High School
Born: 4 December 1903, New York City, New York, United States
Died: 8 February 1991, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Known for: Photography
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Education: City College of New York(1926), DeWitt Clinton High School
my inspiration !
How Aaron siskind creates his abstract photographs ??
Siskind turned the medium of photography on its head, taking pictures of found objects that were simultaneously true-to-life and abstract; he was one of the first photographers to combine what was known as "straight" photography (recording the real world as the lens "sees" it) with abstraction.
Siskind found emotional joy and tension in the process of discovering subjects and photographing them in such a way as to emphasize his reading of the world as essentially abstract, a series of echoing forms, lines, and textures. Siskind also identified with the ideas and styles of the abstract artists in New York in the 1940s. In these later photographs he continued to emphasize the modernist concern with the flatness of the picture plane, but intensified his approach to picture making - with close-up framing, as well as emphasis on texture, line, and visual rhymes - creating abstract images of the real world.
Siskind found emotional joy and tension in the process of discovering subjects and photographing them in such a way as to emphasize his reading of the world as essentially abstract, a series of echoing forms, lines, and textures. Siskind also identified with the ideas and styles of the abstract artists in New York in the 1940s. In these later photographs he continued to emphasize the modernist concern with the flatness of the picture plane, but intensified his approach to picture making - with close-up framing, as well as emphasis on texture, line, and visual rhymes - creating abstract images of the real world.
This are some of my duotones that i have created by photoshop and changing the colour and tones to get darker colours and make it harder for the person viewing it making it look confusing.
this is what i created in the dark room last week. trying to make it hard to see and understand whats going on. and i think these are the best ones i have at the moment.also i think there is a good use of light on the none on the left.
evaluation
in my evaluation i think i have a really good understanding of the formal elements and what they each mean.Also i think i used it in most of my abstract page as a whole.and i think that i developed my points when i talk about them each.something i need to improve on is making better photograms and developing them further in duotone.
abstract photoshop
www: i thought that mine went really well because i know how to use photoshop and i thought changing the fonte would make it a lot better.
saul leiter
1. I chose this image because the way the cold steam has been rubbed out on the man and also there is some use of the formal elements.
2.The suprising thing about the image is that the window has been wiped only where the man is standing and also it had covered the rest of the window.
3.focus is an important formal element in this image because it is consentrated on the man and nothing else and also the writing is kind of a focus as well but it is partly out of the image.
4.the important things in the image is the man and another thing is the writing and last of all the steam falling down the window.
5. This is abstract because it has really strong lines and when you squint there is a straight blur.
2.The suprising thing about the image is that the window has been wiped only where the man is standing and also it had covered the rest of the window.
3.focus is an important formal element in this image because it is consentrated on the man and nothing else and also the writing is kind of a focus as well but it is partly out of the image.
4.the important things in the image is the man and another thing is the writing and last of all the steam falling down the window.
5. This is abstract because it has really strong lines and when you squint there is a straight blur.