Fine Art Photography

Fine Art Photography

Definition of Fine Art
Fine art photography is photography created with the vision of the artist as photographer.
The main purpose for Fine art photography was used to preserve images this has been used for many centuries.




Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams is a respective photographer in this field, he rose to fame after taking pictures of the wilderness areas; his black-and-white photographs of the American West have been widely imitated on calendars, posters, and in books as well, his most famous image was entitled "Monolith" and its massive sizes are highlighted by the white snow setting off the black rock. This monolith feels as if it could be anywhere and gives a sense of isolation and loneliness as it is surrounded by the winter wilderness. Natural light casts over the side of the rock contrasting with the snow.

There is a recurrent theme of using wilderness and natural surroundings, this sets the tone and describes what type of mood the picture is (which normally is a dark/chilling theme) from many of things such as depression, loneliness, heartbreak and many more sometimes lighter themes are used as well. Also another photograph which of famous in his collection is The American Wilderness, this is seen with the white clouds contrasting with the black rocky mountains the theme of depression revolves around this image also the sense of hopelessness is questioned the deeper the viewers analysis. There are different textures to the picture such as the clouds, the mountains, the trees also the water so the audience can get a feel of each components in the image.

Adams had hidden messages throughout his photographs in his illustrious career and this is that the world is beautiful, that humanity is part of this larger world and us fellow human beings need to grasp and appreciate everything around us before it is gone.

Adams developed The Zone System and this a technique that was formulated in the 1930’s he used that specific technique a lot in his photographs this an approach to a regular way of working that guarantees a correct exposure in every situation even with the trickiest lighting and that makes his photographs even more incredible than it already is.          

                                                                Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer he is believed to be the innovator of photojournalism his prime years is believed to be around the 1930’s Cartier-Bresson's rise as a photographer proved rapid. By the mid 1930's he'd shown his work in major exhibits in Mexico, New York, and Madrid. His images revealed the early raw possibilities of street photography and photojournalism in general, in this photo entitled ' here Bresson visiting New York City and while on this visit he captures this moment of a young man returning home from duty hugging his mother, the thing that makes this moment extraordinary is that the people in the background are oblivious to what is going on right next to them because they are concerned with their own problems to focus on this heart-warming moment .