Beauty In Photography
During his book “B
eauty in Photography” Robert Adams first tells us that first thoughts are often the right ones. Meaning that over thinking often leads to bad decisions and corrupted ideas. First thoughts are the “Original Idea” and should not be tampered with but taken forward into the creative process. He tells us that Coleridge became fascinated with abstractions meaning just ideas. An abstraction is nothing more than idea and something that is not taken into practice. Personally, from what he has written I see first thoughts as just a starting process and once we have an idea we can move it to the next stage to improve it, it is often a case of trial and error. He moves on to tell us about shape and things that are shapeless. From this I can gather a literal shape that cannot be named. For example, logically a triangle has three sides and if something does not have direct corner then it only has one side like a circle. If a shape does not form a circle then what is it called? Therefore, is it shapeless? According to Robert Adams these shapes compel us and scare us the most, assuming this is because they are “Not regular/Normal” personally I think this makes Art more interesting and yet if something can compel you does that make It beautiful? Or is beauty a combination of colour, shape and form that overall creates an overall aesthetically pleasing piece.