Quoted from teacher Fang Huajian

Teacher Fang's Quotations ~ ~ 18- About the Road of Photography

I think photography is a means of self-expression. How to express it is very important, but what to express is more important. How to express it may depend on "the head in front", and what to express must depend on "the head behind". Photography needs a lot of lateral knowledge to support it. If you look at photography narrowly, your own road to photography will be narrow. Only by looking at photography broadly, precipitating more accumulated horizontal knowledge, experience and life, and then sublimating, can we broaden our own photography path.

Teacher Fang's Quotations ~ ~ 19- Art Photography Needs "Double Truth"

Artistic photography requires "double reality", that is, the mutual integration of "life reality" and "artistic reality", that is, the high reality of the objective world and the high reality of the photographer's aesthetic ideal.

Perfect fit. It can be either "artificial fiction" or "darkroom and computer processing"; That is, "works of art should come from life and be higher than life". Because artistic photography reflects life, it is by no means a copy of life; Instead, the photographer should carefully observe, select, refine and summarize the materials of life, and use artistic techniques to make the images displayed on the screen remind the essence of contemporary things. Therefore, this kind of "double truth" is unique in the pursuit of artistic photography, and it is also the fundamental difference between it and the pursuit of "complete life truth" in documentary photography. Artistic photography requires the aesthetic expression of world things, which is the artistic projection of subjective feelings.

On Documentary Photography from Teacher Fang's Quotations

Someone asked me what kind of photos are "documentary photography", and I really couldn't answer. Although I have taught photography for so many years and practiced photography for so many years, there may be some things I can't figure out all my life, otherwise how can there be so many researchers! First of all, I have never been interested in the classification of photography, or I have always been confused, and then I vaguely feel that making the classification of photography too fine will affect the photographer's thinking of shooting new forms of works. You are too strict about classification. Where should the new cross-border works come out? I really read what some famous photographers said: Don't classify me as a photographer, it will hinder my creation.

The classification of photography should be a matter for those photography critics or scholars who study the history of photography. This classification will make it easier to get a clue and facilitate the study of the development of photography.

The organizers of the photo contest are also keen on the classification of photos, grouping photos of roughly the same type into one category for comparison in the selection. The finer the score, the better. To show fairness, everyone is waiting for that prize!

As a photographer of photos, or a creator of video art, you don't have to care too much about "taxonomy of photography". If you pay too much attention, you may fall into a pattern trap and delay your photography creation. After studying various types of photography in history, you may be brave enough to take photos that you think are appropriate and appropriate, and use the technical skills you have learned to combine the advantages of different types and categories of photography to take photos with your own characteristics. You see, Beijing Opera has developed from a variety of operas. Both Mei School and Cheng School have inherited the classics of their predecessors, and combined with their own conditions, they have formed new factions. Back to photography, if you imitate exquisitely with a photographer all your life, you will be labeled as a "successor" at most, but you still can't become a master, so don't underestimate the word "learning from foreigners" ...

Photographic materials in Teacher Fang's Quotations ~ 2 1

In the field of photography, there are many different concepts about materials. For example, photos taken for collage of creative works are called creative materials; Basemap photos used for graphic design are called design materials; News pictures can also be called report material, and so on. But the material I want to talk about here has taken a turning point. If you are taking pictures for yourself, everything in front of the camera (including people's activities) will become the material of your photography.

If the whole world is the material of photography, then it is not a problem to shoot anything. You can shoot anything, you can shoot anything.

Photography has its own unique language, the distribution of light and shadow, the layout of scenery, the control of exposure, and the contrast between reality and reality. Using these many means, you can express your feelings, thoughts, orientations, likes and dislikes and knowledge by shooting these materials. This is a kind of perceptual photography, which only obeys your will, and the various materials in front of the camera are only for your use.

In front of the material, you can only cut a small square, but choosing such a small piece may cost us a lot of effort. You can't be accused of "mediocrity" by others, and you can't shoot your temper and let yourself see "difficulties".

It is not easy to find the right material, and it is not easy to know the "habit" of the material. It is not easy to take a picture of the material in a normal mind. Actually, photography is not easy!

Quote from Teacher Fang -22- On the clarity and fuzziness of photography

Clear pictures are easy to take, but unclear pictures are not easy to take. The key is the degree of mastery. If the picture is not clear, you need others to understand and think clearly. This is the standard. The key is to look at your photos. What do you want to tell others? What do you want others to think?

As far as photography fuzzy photography creation is concerned, the contrast between reality and reality has obvious artistic appeal, and at the same time, it gradually explores the visual modeling of replacing reality with reality, which has unexpected effects of arousing people's various aesthetic associations.

Quote from Teacher Fang -23- About Abstract Thinking

Abstract thinking is an advanced form of thinking, also known as abstract logical thinking or logical thinking. Abstract thinking method is a method of thinking by using concepts and language symbols. Its main feature is the coordinated application of basic methods such as analysis, synthesis, abstraction and generalization, thus revealing the relationship between the essence and regularity of things. From concrete to abstract, from perceptual knowledge to rational knowledge, we should use abstract thinking methods. There are common factors and individual factors in photography creation, which is the unity of common and individual factors. Through the induction of things' personalities, the creators find out the common characteristics of things, form new concepts and conclusions, and then create with the help of deductive methods to produce new artistic images. The application of comprehensive materials of artistic photography is an important means to adapt to contemporary art, which directly affects the ideas of creativity and expression, and forms a variety of exhibition possibilities. In this way, the mastery of artistic form is in the same strain as the extension of artistic mind, that is, "what is like or what is not important, what is important is to show conceptual consciousness", and strong technical support is obtained to realize the output of this kind of thinking, so as to achieve the goal.