对摄影的追求-- 艺术和通俗的一点随想
(2007-04-26 23:16:11)
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近来, 和一些爱好摄影的同学谈起现代和传统,胶片和数码, 艺术作品和通俗作品对摄影的影响。大家出发点不一样, 看来想法也会有很大差别。
我想把这问题提出来,大家讨论一下会很有意思。
我就先抛砖了。
我认为玩摄影无外乎有两种目的, 一种是追求艺术的最高境界, 而另一种只是拍一些糖水片供自己娱乐。
在这坛子里有人以糖水片为乐, 而有人以阳春白雪为自豪, 两种都没有错, 只是目的不一样, 全看你摄影为什么了。但是, 在评图的时候的就会有问题了, 为艺术的人注重重点突出, 视觉的冲击;而糖水片则讲究唯美, 一般来说, 曝光, 色彩要准确, 于美感为出发点。 虽然, 这两样好像不如我说的如此对立, 但是, 注重点是有所不同的。
如国内婚纱照, 往往强调过曝, 朦胧美; 国内的风光摄影, 好多得奖作品往往以视觉为中心, 把表达主题以外的元素低调处理, 经常看到作品中反映黑暗中的一点光。 或者, 以黑白为媒介来进行创作。
古典音乐经久不衰, 而近百年来又没有许多优秀的作品流传后世, 最起码没有什么人能和巴赫,莫扎特等相提并论, 就因为, 古典音乐在那个时代已到了巅峰, 后人, 再难于望其项背。 所以, 今天的音乐家就开始新的题材的创作, 这才有了现代音乐, 使这个世界多元化了。
黑白摄影也是如此, 因为, 当时条件使然, 只有黑白,而经过许多前人的努力,到亚当斯的时候, 也是到了巅峰的境界。 再者, 黑白的出片可以自己控制, 而亚当斯也是一个非常出色的PS工作者,所以,黑白的完善也是跟后期操作分不看的, 昨天的暗房的操作也就是今天的Photoshop。
所以, 今天来说,学习前辈的创作手法也无尝不可, 但过分沉迷于此会束缚你的创造力。
糖水片是通俗的作品,易为大众所接受, 是大众所喜闻乐见, 倒是有很好的商业用途, 但往往得不了奖, 因为, 太通俗了, 属于下里巴人一类。
我是想说,不管是糖水片还是富有内涵的艺术作品, 均是摄影作品,只是不同的出发点而已,不需要贬低一个抬高另一个。
坛子里高手很多, 但新手更多, 我认为作为新手,首先, 要学会准确曝光,准确色彩还原, 构图, 然后, 只有,在掌握了这些基本功后,才能进一步提高。
以上是自己一些肤浅的看法,欢迎大家拍砖讨论, 谢谢。
P.S.
Thanks for all the participation, the reason I am writing this is that I have seen too many people looking to create the artistic images, and often forget the foundamental issue of the picture, which is exposure, color, crop etc..
What is an art, art is an abstract thing, anything can be called " art" , that's why when you go to art museum, sometimes you see something just randomly put together, not really fit in your mind of beauty or anything else, but it's strange, and totally different, so to judge a picture, to determine whether it's an art, it's anybody's idea or fantasy.
What is an artist?
An artist is often someone who created something that most people don't appreciate, and the artist struggle all his/her life financially, but when he/she dies, sometimes, his/her work were suddenly discovered and become hot cakes.
With that, all the impefections, under exposure can be forgiven in the name of art.
That's why some of the pictures stand out to win some of the prizes are not the prettiest ones, but the ones a lot different than anything else, so the purposely cropped, the distortion, the under exposure are used to create some visual difference.
When I went to the National Art Musumn, and to see all the famous paintings, mostly actually with good lighting, color, and easy to understand, the obscure, the difficult to understand are just a small portion of them.
So, foundamental skills are the reason I am referring to here.
Again this is my personal opinion, so let's get yours out as well.