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JMitchell · 03-12-2007, 20:24

I'm not sure you could call it strictly modernist then, unless there is an impressionistic element added to a "standard" shot....
Mordernist photography came about partially as a rebellion to pictorialism and the stigmatism of photography as a non-artistic and 'outside' medium. Sharp focus and leading patterns and lines without obvious focal points or meanings were intrinsic to early and mid-period modernist photography, and this is what I have tried to recreate in this image. It's about tones and shapes, not story and background.

Hope you see where I'm coming from even if you don't agree

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JMitchell Feet under the table Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 3,720	Re: "untitled" Coat I'm not sure you could call it strictly modernist then, unless there is an impressionistic element added to a "standard" shot.... Mordernist photography came about partially as a rebellion to pictorialism and the stigmatism of photography as a non-artistic and 'outside' medium. Sharp focus and leading patterns and lines without obvious focal points or meanings were intrinsic to early and mid-period modernist photography, and this is what I have tried to recreate in this image. It's about tones and shapes, not story and background. Hope you see where I'm coming from even if you don't agree __________________ Jack Mitchell "We accept the reality with which we are presented" - - New website, online, but still in progress! Last edited by JMitchell : 03-12-2007 at 20:36.