Conceptual Journal Entries

4 creative works found

  • Finding it or making it? You and Photos
    by Natalie Manuel

    Looking through RedBubble, it’s interesting to see the differences in how different artists approach their photography. I’ve begun to no…

    Looking through RedBubble, it’s interesting to see the differences in how different artists approach their photography. I’ve begun to notice that RedBubble really is a haven for the more “out there” photography, the kind of art that may not win traditional competitions, but breaks the rules or is a real expression of the artist. While some people walk the line between both, it seems that often you are a conceptual photographer, or the kind that tries to find a photo anywhere. I belong to the latter group. I love waiting for moments to just happen, to find great photos in banal settings, or to go and photograph something quite common that every now and then becomes brilliant, through chance lighting or a rare interaction. Even in my pet photography I rebel against setting up the animals into poses or pushing them into studio settings. I prefer to wait for the moments and the expressions to happen naturally and spontaneously. With my zoo photography, it is a buzz to be the only one left waiting for something to happen while the rest of the crowd got bored and left. It’s sometimes difficult to wait for moments to just happen. There’s no guarantee they will obviously, and time is money. All my favourite shots though have happened out of the blue or without planning, and that gives me the most satisfaction. It seems one of my most popular photos on RedBubble is this one: This was a fluke. Taken at a Zoo, this Gorilla was mesmerised by some bubbles being blown by the visiting children. For about a minute there was real silence in the enclosure as the human children and young Gorilla both watched the same bubble float above them and then both visibly smiled when it popped. Somehow this feels more special than if I’d been able to wave a fruit over the top of the Gorilla’s head to manipulate the expression. Another one is this – my favourite Lion shot. This moment between two brothers only lasted about a minute but it’s not often you get to witness a moment of tenderness between animals normally depicted as ferocious killers. Even this portrait of my dog which turned out to be my favourite of him was taken without planning. In fact as I took it I was joking to a friend about how he likes to pose and wait for the click of the shutter. Without planning or intention, I managed to capture what I think really expresses his personality. I suppose even those images of mine that may appear set up, never were. This shot (which is always linked in my head as the thematic equivalent of the Grandaddy song in the description) was also just a candid, but it was easy to see at the time the universal appeal of ‘man against the world’. I can equally see the fun of conceptual shots. Bringing to life the vision in your head must be difficult and fraught with frustration at times! I wonder how many people enjoy both types of photography, or do most people stick to one type?

  • Business Card!
    by Faizan Qureshi

    I just got this business card printed for myself. :) I do these as a freelance designer so if you have any orders, let me know and I’l…

    I just got this business card printed for myself. :) I do these as a freelance designer so if you have any orders, let me know and I’ll whip something up for you too! / / /

  • Experimental Photography
    by MD81

    I’ve started photography in June 2006, but until now, I havent developed much of my post-processing / editing technique in Photoshop, or …

    I’ve started photography in June 2006, but until now, I havent developed much of my post-processing / editing technique in Photoshop, or any similar software. Well, not to the level I wish I can be anyway. I then ventured out to experimenting with different styles. Also experimenting with different objects. / I used my glasses (-4.5) combine with 50mm 1.8. / I used a photo tube. / I tried polar 360 panorama, to create planet like image. / I tried using piece of various glasses to achieve different effects. / Then I tried different tone that I can achieve via Photoshop. / Etc. I’m still experimenting. For fun and learning. As for me, photography is about passion and fun … :) Regards, / Sidqie Djunaedi

  • Chad Witt Online
    by John Douglas

    In 2000 a good friend of mine, Chad Witt, died. Chad was an artist, poet, notorious gossip. I have made a website about Chad and his art …

    In 2000 a good friend of mine, Chad Witt, died. Chad was an artist, poet, notorious gossip. I have made a website about Chad and his art and poetry, using his own words, from emails he’d sent me. Chad Witt Online

conceptual – information provided by wikipedia:

Conceptual art is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions. This method was fundamental to LeWitt's definition of Conceptual art, one of the first to appear in print: “In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” – Sol LeWitt, "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art", Artforum, June 1967. For the layperson, this quotation highlights a key difference between a conceptualist installation and a traditional work of art - that the conceptualist's work may require little or no physical craftsmanship in its execution, whereas traditional art is distinguished by requiring physical skill and the making of aesthetic choices. As Tony Godfrey has put it, after Joseph Kosuth's definition of art, conceptual art is an art which questions the very nature of what is understood as art.

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