Hi Marilyn, I'll take the challenge. *Why did you choose being a photographer over being a painter or other type of artist? Never made that choice. Having studied both, I do both. Photography is instant satisfaction. Painting and sculpture takes longer but produces satisfaction as well. *Do you consider photography an art? Yes. Why? Photography and painting both have learned techniques. Students are able to study from masters in both areas. Things to consider are lighting and composition. There is also subject and color placement, color saturation, mood and evoked emotion. As in what is considered to be "Fine Art", people, places and things are considered for subject matter. The artist gets an idea, begins pulling together possible supplies needed and begins work. At any given point the artist will stand back, take a look and see if what is developing is to his (her) liking. Same for photographers. People, places, things are all subject matter. They get an idea, gather supplies, begin work, look over their prints and either stop or go on. Now there is controversy among artists (painters) as to whether or not painting from photographs is "real" art or is it only art when the painter is outside with his canvas or using a live model. For me, because of health problems, I do a lot of "fine art" painting from photographs. I still consider this art as well as the photo I may be using. For collage work, "fine art" artists will destroy photographs and reattach them to other things. For my portraits, still, I use photographs. But again there is lighting, color, subject placement, etc. For me, it is all art. Why not? *Name aspects of painting (drawing, sculpting, etc.) that are in common with photography. See above. *Aspects that are not in common. *Do you know of any people who are painters or sculptors and photographers and successful in both areas? Me, but I'm not famous. Though I was, for a time, developing a good reputation in this area. (Then my son died and I dropped out for a long time.) If you're interested I'll be happy to share my credits with you privately. Can you give me names so I can research these people? Shyrell On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 06:20:43 -0700 Marilyn <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hello PhotoForum Members: > I can use some help, please. I will be makiing a presentation before an art > association and I want to discuss the differences and similarities of > painting and photographery. Would you please give me your opinions about > the following subjects and answer any questions you would care to. I would > really appreciate it. > Thank you. > Marilyn
