Topic 4 - Pictorialism - day 2

another few shots of pictorialism for the day

an opaque plastic sheet

an opaque plastic sheet

an opaque plastic sheet

an opaque plastic sheet

an opaque plastic sheet

an opaque plastic sheet

Topic 4 - Pictorialism

Pictorialism is the name given to an international style and aesthetic movement that dominated photography during the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Typically, a pictorial photograph appears to lack a sharp focus (some more so than others), is printed in one or more colors other than black-and-white (ranging from warm brown to deep blue) and may have visible brush strokes or other manipulation of the surface. For the pictorialist, a photograph, like a painting, drawing or engraving, was a way of projecting an emotional intent into the viewer's realm of imagination.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictorialism]. 

Few samples images:

  Alfred Stieglitzhttp://www.aeqai.com/articles/072010a.htm

 

 Edward Steichen

(http://www.co-mag.net/2008/pictorialism-modernism-edward-steichen-ansel-adams-malediction/)

 Léonard Misonne

http://steichlitz.tumblr.com/post/31693754077/london-1899-by-leonard-misonne

With the use of  my DSLR + A4 plastic sleeve + vapour from my breath (breath onto the lens), I have created what it seems like a "pictorialism" shot.

through a dirty window

breathing onto the lens

A4 plastic sleeve

A4 plastic sleeve

Breath onto the lens

A4 plastic sleeve

Breath onto the lens

A4 plastic sleeve

: : Portrait : :

Shooting a portrait has always been a challenge for me - trying to get the right angle, the direction of the light, the settings and most importantly is the client's satisfaction of the shoots ! I don't understand human - It's just a camera capturing what you are and face it... that is how you are created by God. Regardless how much editing I did on you... dude, you are still who you are !!

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