Photography "au" fine art

Abstract

This dissertation concludes that photography is an art, the same as painting or sculpting. Photographers have struggled, for years to have their work acknowledged as an art. The visual elements are discussed in Chaper One, seeing that these are the very most important aspects of the "technical" photograph. The importance and role that early photographers played, their different styles and views are also discussed in Chaper Two. Creativity plays an integral role in Fine Art Photography. In Chaper Three the use of angles and the use of different lenses; Soft focus lenses, Fisheye lenses, Zoom lenses. Darkroom techniques are also very important when it comes to creativity. The use of different films , such as Infra Red, Black and White films , can create a whole different feel of mood. In Chapter Four the author's own work and techniques are discussed. Slides are included at the back of the dissertation as reference to the work discussed. An important part of being a successful photographer, is being able to market your own work. A basic price guide and direction on how to go about pricing one's work, is discussed in Chaper Five. Today the use of digital imagemaking is widely used with great success. Computer Manipulation has made the job of the photographer a lot easier. Fine Art Photography is a way of living, seeing new things everyday and seeing them differently everyday.