The photographic image is simply a logical view of an artistic statement. It is an utterance made from the combined relationships of selective visual cues.

Photography is a relatively new art form. It has only been around for a bit over a century and a half. In the scheme of almost every other form of the arts, that is a very small amount of time. In many ways, photography owes itself to all the arts that came before it.

To be inspired is not to copy what others create, but to use what we learn from their works to stimulate our own innovation.

Kim creates his dioramas within the realm of a 200-gallon tank filled with water and photographs the final results with a camera.

  Add some brushes to that digital photo! And maybe a bit of animation too! Digital imaging has come a long way in recent times and everyone is looking for…

The computer tends to bring everything down to the same level. A painting by Monet, a photograph by Atget or Adams, ads for a camera, a car or an iPod all get the same treatment. There is no real scale, no real texture, little fidelity and no authenticity.

he Camera Obscura allowed the user to see the subject projected onto a ground glass. The projected image could be traced onto a translucent…

I have probably learned as much about photography through looking at paintings as I have learned from photography.

  The deeper experience of an image I started writing this as a response to a reader on another post, but thought that other readers might find it interesting. There…