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"Art Should not be a Copy of Reality … One of the Damned Things is Enough!"

  

Category:  Photography & Art

By:  a-macarthur  •  6 years ago  •  22 comments

"Art Should not be a Copy of Reality … One of the Damned Things is Enough!"

There are a number of variations of the quote in the headline …  https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/10/01/copy/ 

… ultimately, I think it's a philosophical matter, one perhaps of preference, or, of a viewer's presupposition regarding what "Art is supposed to be."

When I don't feel like "just doing photography," I fight my own presuppositions about "what art should be," and, force myself to create something my presuppositions tell me that "it shouldn't." And, if I let myself go, sometimes I create something I cannot artistically  "justify" necessarily … but if it's something I like …

… I'll live with it, and, even share it with friends …

… and always let them know they are free to critique what I share … positively or negatively.

Having said that …

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“Fishermen of Another Time in a Distant Galaxy”

© A. Mac/A.G.


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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    6 years ago

Critique away … Your true responses, if any, are most welcome!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    6 years ago

I LIKE that creative artwork, a combination of photos with editing necessary to meld into final form.  It becomes so much more than what the eye can normally see, exercises one's imagination as to what possibilities could differ from reality. For some reason the scene makes me think of a scene in the movie "Contact".  My editing program does not permit me to sandwich photos together, but I will see what I can create that would at least try to follow on the path you have set. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    6 years ago
"Art Should not be a Copy of Reality … One of the Damned Things is Enough!"

The very reason why both John Ruskin and I prefer Turner rather than Constable.

 
 
 
Nowhere Man
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2  Nowhere Man    6 years ago

Art is expressing an individuals view of something, as they see it or believe how it should be.....

It is said there is no bad art, only lack of understanding what is presented as art.

And like anything, the tender of the masses is what decides....

And my friend, there is a mass of tender in what you post...

 
 
 
pat wilson
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3  pat wilson    6 years ago

It's a beautiful image. I don't understand the wheel thing in the foreground. What is that ?

 
 
 
Nowhere Man
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3.1  Nowhere Man  replied to  pat wilson @3    6 years ago

it's a push cart.... two wheels, an axel, a box like body and a handle on the ground to the right....

Used to carry the catch to the processing barn.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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3.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Nowhere Man @3.1    6 years ago

Thanks for that information; it enhances the image and its content.

 
 
 
Dig
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4  Dig    6 years ago

Have you ever tried any astronomical photography? Moon craters through a telescope, or a time lapsed night sky or anything?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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4.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Dig @4    6 years ago

I have photographed the moon, relatively easy because of its relative size and brightness as viewed from the earth ... but more serious astronomy photos require some specialized equipment such as altitude/azimuth mounted motor drives.

Several years ago I called NASA at an 800 number and surprisingly, spoke to a live person after only three rings! I asked about incorporating images on their websites into my own and was told I could do so with proper attribution. The image in this article is a combination of such a NASA/Hubbel image and a photo I restored ... c. 1900, Fisherman heading out, Atlantic City, NJ.

Thanks for your comment. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5  Buzz of the Orient    6 years ago

Not much I can do, but I'll try to post something imaginative:

512

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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6  Buzz of the Orient    6 years ago

"Picture yourself on a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade sky....."

512

"Are you bluish?  You don't look bluish."   Oh yes I do, I'm the BLUE MEANIE .

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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6.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6    6 years ago

I sometimes forget that although I lived through the days of the Beatles' popularity, many members are much younger and may not be so familiar with their works.  In case anyone didn't know, the text is taken from the Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Yellow Submarine" movie, the quoted first two lines from the song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", and the "bluish" quotation from the movie.

I have tried with an actual photo of myself on a boat on a river to emulate them by illustrating the words I quoted, creating tangerine trees, a marmalade sky, and myself as being bluish. 
"

 
 
 
Ronin2
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8  Ronin2    6 years ago

“Fishermen of Another Time in a Distant Galaxy”

I like the picture- it looks very close to an old painting; or something similar to what you would see on the cover of a fantasy novel.

What is the light source that is out over the water (lower middle- casting light between the two boats)? Is it their version of a light house?  Also, there seems to be the same light orange tinged with outer red coming up from it as is cascading around the main star.  Or is that just my eyes perceiving depth that is not there?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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8.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Ronin2 @8    6 years ago

The light to which you refer is a portion of the NASA image of "Spiral Galaxy M101", which I digitally enhanced in conjunction with the placement of the fishermen silhouette layer placed in front of it. That light and the silhouette intersect at approximately the right vertical third and lower horizontal third of the composition … which give just enough visual tension to prevent a "static," centric, less interesting scene.

Glad to see you here, Ronin2.

 
 
 
Ronin2
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8.1.1  Ronin2  replied to  A. Macarthur @8.1    6 years ago

Thank you for the response. 

I agree the lighting does make for a more interesting picture.  

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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9  dave-2693993    6 years ago

I wonder, is this how our sky will appear when our Milky Way and Andromeda encroach on each other?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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10  author  A. Macarthur    6 years ago

I have done other such images, some more “plausible” in terms of what could be deemed “reality” albeit contrived and digitally conglomerated. Some might be considered “fantasy, others “surreal,” and others possibly in the19th Century Hudson River painters’ style known as “Romantic Realism/Idealism” and “Luminism.”

I would like to share others but only if there is some interest; it’s hard for me to be objective about my own art.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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10.1  dave-2693993  replied to  A. Macarthur @10    6 years ago

I think it is fascinating. I realize posting such things would be time and energy consuming, but whenever opportunity presents itself, I would enjoy looking at it and giving comment.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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10.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  dave-2693993 @10.1    6 years ago

Thank you; will be posting some already completed, and, hopefully some not yet started … but, started and finished over time. I start some that go nowhere but the trash, and others that generate images I had not necessarily anticipated that become, happily, serendipitous.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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10.1.2  dave-2693993  replied to  A. Macarthur @10.1.1    6 years ago

Thank you Mac. I look forward to your works of art.

 
 
 
Kavika
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11  Kavika     6 years ago

Enjoyable Mac, as always.

 
 
 
charger 383
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11.1  charger 383  replied to  Kavika @11    6 years ago

ditto from me

 
 

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