| Abstract
photography This page is part of the Living Pictures online photo magazine  Abstract art is puzzling to many people but many artists enjoy working with objects and color in a way that's not "realistic". Besides allowing for an extended range of creativity, the focus on symbolism, color, texture, geometry, and shape goes to the root of a viewer's psyche and evokes unconscious memory and emotion, which is essentially what art is all about. Photography is generally considered to be a "realistic" medium but many photographers do abstract work, too. Now, with programs like Photoshop, a photographer can make all kinds of modifications to an ordinary photo of common objects. The photos displayed here have all been slightly modified using Photoshop, but I started with unusual framing and a selection of odd textures, shapes, or colors. |
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