Nadia TT
S T A T E M E N T
Art for Art’s sake? Or Art for People?...Or Art for YOURSELF only?
5 boring confessions….
1. I do not consider myself a photographer, but an artist of some sort. My intention was never to produce flawless high quality images maintaining all the rules, but just to express myself. And photography is a medium that I felt comfortable with, and also probably because I’m too lazy to paint or write.
2. Photography, to me, is not a distinct division of art, but rather a member of the larger art family. I personally like relating photographs to paintings. Art movements inspire me immensely; in particular, German Expressionism, Neo-objectivism/De Stijl, Art Nouveau, Russian Constructivism and the rest of International Avant-Garde movements.
3. If one goes through my stream, it is very easy for him/her to get confused as to what exactly this lady is up to. I know there is a lack of consistency, but I would rather not try categorizing myself or anyone else. Abstracts might be my favorite arena sometimes, but I also feel like doing geometrical compositions, street shots and have even tried landscapes (not with much success though). What is totally missing in my stream is probably flower shots and macros. I have a special weakness for alternative interpretations of reality. I am very much inspired by the minimalistic compositions of Aftab bhai, N A Y E E M ’s stories that are straight out of life, the Faith series of Arif bhai, the courageous social documentation of Shehzad Noorani and the dark street photography of Purple Wolf (account deleted).
4. My titles are usually very flat in nature and are not accompanied by any descriptions whatsoever. I would prefer ‘Wine Stains’ to ‘Memory Remains’, for example, although they might actually mean the same thing; just like Whistler called his mother’s portrait ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black’. I believe photos can be pure visual arts without having to have any kind of subject matter at all and vice versa. I do not like over-processing without reason, but do not mind radical post-processing if that helps the artist to get the message across.
5. I think every artist/photographer has the right to think of his/her artwork/photograph as his/her own personal space where he/she can express him/herself without any fear. One can be extremely partial, or completely neutral and it is expected of that we respect each other’s work even when some of it might falls outside some of our comfort zones.
Thank you for your patience.
S T A T E M E N T
Art for Art’s sake? Or Art for People?...Or Art for YOURSELF only?
5 boring confessions….
1. I do not consider myself a photographer, but an artist of some sort. My intention was never to produce flawless high quality images maintaining all the rules, but just to express myself. And photography is a medium that I felt comfortable with, and also probably because I’m too lazy to paint or write.
2. Photography, to me, is not a distinct division of art, but rather a member of the larger art family. I personally like relating photographs to paintings. Art movements inspire me immensely; in particular, German Expressionism, Neo-objectivism/De Stijl, Art Nouveau, Russian Constructivism and the rest of International Avant-Garde movements.
3. If one goes through my stream, it is very easy for him/her to get confused as to what exactly this lady is up to. I know there is a lack of consistency, but I would rather not try categorizing myself or anyone else. Abstracts might be my favorite arena sometimes, but I also feel like doing geometrical compositions, street shots and have even tried landscapes (not with much success though). What is totally missing in my stream is probably flower shots and macros. I have a special weakness for alternative interpretations of reality. I am very much inspired by the minimalistic compositions of Aftab bhai, N A Y E E M ’s stories that are straight out of life, the Faith series of Arif bhai, the courageous social documentation of Shehzad Noorani and the dark street photography of Purple Wolf (account deleted).
4. My titles are usually very flat in nature and are not accompanied by any descriptions whatsoever. I would prefer ‘Wine Stains’ to ‘Memory Remains’, for example, although they might actually mean the same thing; just like Whistler called his mother’s portrait ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black’. I believe photos can be pure visual arts without having to have any kind of subject matter at all and vice versa. I do not like over-processing without reason, but do not mind radical post-processing if that helps the artist to get the message across.
5. I think every artist/photographer has the right to think of his/her artwork/photograph as his/her own personal space where he/she can express him/herself without any fear. One can be extremely partial, or completely neutral and it is expected of that we respect each other’s work even when some of it might falls outside some of our comfort zones.
Thank you for your patience.