AbsTract Photography

"Abstract photography is unlike other types of photography. For example, rules, such as composition and accurate focusing hold no values."

http://www.designyourway.net/blog/inspiration/the-simple-beauty-of-abstract-photography-30-examples/

Abstract photography is an area that you have likely explored or at least been exposed to before. You probably have some idea of what constitutes a successful abstract composition.  We explored abstract photography in Photo I and will continue more in-depth with this next assignment.

For collectors of art and photography, abstract photographic work has a special appeal. The abstract photographer is required to abstract from visual reality. Unlike a painter who can begin with an abstraction, a photographer must start with visual reality and find the abstract composition within the existing visual environment.

https://www.etsy.com/market/photography_canvas

In addition, abstract photography has a greater decorative appeal due to its typically uncontroversial subject matter.  While a patron may be uncomfortable hanging a conceptually challenging image on their living room wall or in their lobby, an objectively compelling abstract composition, freed from the duty to represent, poses no such barriers.

http://jefzlim.blogspot.com/

As you might well imagine, there is a plethora of information on the web about abstract photography. I have sifted through a bunch of it and picked out what I felt were some of the better sites.

Please read the article linked to here:

http://photodoto.com/exploring-abstract-photography/

Then check out a few of these collections:

http://www.designyourway.net/blog/inspiration/the-simple-beauty-of-abstract-photography-30-examples/

https://www.artsy.net/gene/abstract-photography/artworks?for_sale=false

http://digital-photography-school.com/31-amazing-abstract-images/

Finally, don't set limits for yourself. Don't think too hard about what you want to do, just open your eyes and really see your environment. Great abstraction possibilities are all around you...

http://www.visualnews.com/2013/06/30/abstract-arrangements-of-everyday-objects/

http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/08/abstract-photos-of-the-unexpected-patterns-that-arise-while-cooking/

Your assignment is to create a high-quality, high-resolution, visually compelling abstract photograph, suitable for someone to frame and hang on their wall.

Size: 11 x 17
Resolution: 300 ppi

Initial index prints are due (posted to your Blogs) by 9/11.