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January 17, 2008
the idea within the work of art
All great artwork is about a preceding and underlying idea and this idea is what gives meaning and, more importantly, importance to the artwork. It is this meaning that facilitates the connection between audience and the artwork. If a picture is more than just a picture, it must relate to the viewer. This relationship is often defined by the idea within the work of art.
Photographs - at least good ones- are always about ideas; without ideas photographs are merely images. For an image to be idealess is as emasculating as a paragraph without a thought. It is as easy to make a photograph without content as it is to write a sentence that doesn't say anything. Both are common, both are prevalent, and both are useless.
Brooks Jensen - Letting Go of the Camera
Posted by amin at January 17, 2008 4:48 PM