What is painting photography?

Most of the creative themes of this photography art school are taken from religious teachings or literary works. The creative method is to draw a sketch first, invite people to play with it, and then deal with it in the darkroom. Therefore, the structure of the work is rigorous and the layout is exquisite. The artistic feature is that the works are full of plot, narration and implication.

The emergence of this photography school in Sri Lanka is a historical necessity. As mentioned above, once photography entered human social life, it swept people with its ability to "copy and preserve" real scenes, but whether it can enter the temple of plastic arts with its ability to "imitate images and convey feelings" remains to be developed and explored. 1847, a still life titled "The Decline of Ancient Rome" filmed by a little-known man named T. Couthures was praised by art historians as the Victorian art trend-the pre-Raphaelite art trend, which shocked and pondered people at that time. Make photographers realize that photography will definitely make great achievements in the "art field" and have great modeling potential and space, so as to begin to observe another feature of photography-modeling, and inspire and stimulate their enthusiasm for exploration in this respect. For example, Mrs. J.M. Cameron, a famous female photographer in this period, made it clear that she would "resolutely follow the pre-Raphael school" and actively participate in initiating and organizing the establishment of the "pre-Raphael school" in the history of photography. After a period of exploration, eight years later, in 1855, photographer O.G. Relander imitated T. Couthures' method of shooting stills-manipulated the director to shoot the plot work "Drama" which was praised by critics as "the masterpiece at the beginning of photography art" and "painting with photography". Don Quixote in the study of another painter, W.L. Price, also appeared one after another.