Sunset on the Lofoten Islands
Nature is really the best art.
Historically, photography has not been considered an art form but it really, truly is. Strip away the technology and tools and what is at its foundation is the act of creativity. Just the same force present in every other media form we consider as art. While painters or sculptors begin with a blank canvas or stone block on which their subjects are created, photographers already have their subjects (e.g. people, nature). The challenge is how to create a work using existing subjects that can stand out as something notable that we consider artistic.
This image of a sunset on a fjord on the Lofoten Islands is a work of art created by Nature. My challenge was to create an image that produced the same sense of majestic wonder that could be seen and felt in Nature’s creation. Not sure how close I came to reaching that goal.
Sunset on the Lofoten Islands
Nature is really the best art.
Historically, photography has not been considered an art form but it really, truly is. Strip away the technology and tools and what is at its foundation is the act of creativity. Just the same force present in every other media form we consider as art. While painters or sculptors begin with a blank canvas or stone block on which their subjects are created, photographers already have their subjects (e.g. people, nature). The challenge is how to create a work using existing subjects that can stand out as something notable that we consider artistic.
This image of a sunset on a fjord on the Lofoten Islands is a work of art created by Nature. My challenge was to create an image that produced the same sense of majestic wonder that could be seen and felt in Nature’s creation. Not sure how close I came to reaching that goal.