Reading notes of art-related books

Notes on Special Topics and Experimental Photography

I sorted out the reading notes of a book about thematic photography I read before and shared it with you. Please give us more opinions ~ ~ As an artistic photography, we must explore the extension of scenery and the meaning behind it.

Excellent thematic photography, as the image value of photography and the non-utilitarian value of human nature, is still the most essential value of photography.

Classification of thematic photography: 1. Documentary category 2. Art class.

One,

1. Documentary category: Based on facts, it reflects the whole process and development of an event. Also refers to: a complete report consisting of several or even hundreds of pictures with a certain logical relationship around a theme. "The key to collective photo reporting is the connection between photos" (Eugene Smith)

2. The documentary theme pursues "* * * the same experience" in the conscious world and conveys a universal humanistic feeling. (Documentary topics should care for the subjects with a sympathetic heart, such as The Victims of Minamata Disease by Eugene Smith about the mercury poisoning incident in the Japanese fish village, and later the Afghan Topics by Steven mcquarrie, Project Hope by Jie Hailong, Guests by Hou Dengke, etc. They all pay attention to social unrest or people's lives in social classes with a humanistic feeling, thus revealing and revealing to the world. However, robert frank's The American is an exception. He observed all kinds of Americans living around him with almost cruel and upright eyes, and sometimes even showed that the living conditions of Americans were "ugly" from the details of their lives. In addition, the use of wide-angle lens and the appearance of incomplete composition make Bresson's decisive moment have no shadow in the picture, thus establishing the famous "non-decisive moment" theory and creative mode. )

Second,

Art: more from ideas, from feelings, from thoughts, not from skills. The artistic theme conveys less "* * * the same experience", and the world it pays attention to is not the secular world, but the world of the mind. Even if he is shooting a realistic theme, the ultimate goal of the image is to reveal all aspects of good and evil in society and human nature through image words, and constantly seek various possibilities of image expression. (Like Mann Lei Chao, he realistically tries to use the negative film effect to make the picture produce a negative image; Clegg's Naked Sea and Wolfgang Pi Zuo Ke's Squeeze have brought the shadow of surrealism into the field of human photography and brought human photography into a brand-new era. Artistic theme photography often represents the artistic photography idea of a certain genre or individual, or rather, it represents the artistic idea of a certain genre or individual. Often a new idea represents the decline of the old forces, not only in art, but also in the development of human society, which confirms the principle of negation of negation in philosophy. )

Theme photography generally focuses on current events that most people care about, local unique things, crime, sex, disasters and contradictions, conflicts, humor, secrets, special entertainment, celebrities, climate, diet, culture, losers and so on.

The structure of documentary thematic photography;

1, the beginning of the story-panorama

2. Mid shot-A group of people

3. Close-up, a close-up of a person or a part.

Step 4 portrait

5. Typical things in the story.

6, the relationship between people

7. The process of the story

8. Happy ending (meaningful ending)

The requirements of thematic photography for photographers;

1, master various technologies. 2. Have a broad knowledge structure. It depends on motivation, intuition and judgment. 4. Think independently, act independently and pay attention to a time for a long time, and be willing to be lonely.

Thematic photography technology:

1, the special report should be composed of photos with different horizons, viewpoints, visual senses and colors, and different horizontal and vertical pictures. Almost all shooting methods can be applied to it.

2. How to get rid of the shackles of the old form and pursue the "charm" conveyed by theme photography is a sign of its maturity.

"Use the gentlest way, the best composition and the most beautiful light to approach the most uncomfortable reality"-salgado.

"Living in the same reality with the subject"-salgado.

3. Visual effect is very important for artistic subject photography.

4. When you find a trend, you should make it specific to a certain person or a certain group of people and shoot the reflection of the megatrend on these people. Reflect your ability to predict the development of things through images, but don't mix too much subjective feelings, otherwise your work can only represent your personal thoughts or the thoughts of a group of people. Objective justice is its essence. )

There must be a detailed and touching written report.

The qualities of a photojournalist are honesty, courage and compassion. Photographers should pursue and explore truth, which has nothing to do with values and ideology. Integrity, honesty, love of justice and responsibility for history are the basic qualities of journalists.

The general framework of the whole book is here, and I haven't included many specific skills, because photography is a very practical art, and the skills are sometimes too empty in theory, and there are many books on photography skills now, which everyone can buy. However, although there are many books on skills now, what is often reflected in the works is the lack of skills. In my opinion, it's not that people don't read enough technical books, but that they haven't done enough practice after reading them and haven't turned the words in the books into your own experience. The so-called technology is relative, and there is no absolute technology. Doesn't philosophy say that one can't step into the same river for the second time? Every millisecond of light and site conditions are changing, so technology can't change with it, which requires a long period of practice to turn various technologies into your own experience, and then under certain conditions, you can use a comprehensive evaluation system to choose what technology to use to freeze a moment at that time.