Before creating my own abstract photos I researched what it actually was and found photographer's whose work i liked the look of.
I found that abstract photography tended to focus primarily on shapes, form, textures, angles and patterns although there are many other aspects. In this genre of photography parts of the the object are focused on more than others resulting in the viewer not usually understanding what the image is actually of yet enjoying the look of it anyway.
Francis Brugiere and Jaroslav Rossler similarly played on this idea as well as the the appearance of shadows, they also both used paper as their medium at some stage in their work to create abstractions. By making subtle adjustments to light they were both able to create beautiful images that you wouldn't even think of as being a plain sheet of paper originally. I feel like some of their photos can also be perceived as paintings due to the unrealistic intricacy created just by manipulating paper.
I found that abstract photography tended to focus primarily on shapes, form, textures, angles and patterns although there are many other aspects. In this genre of photography parts of the the object are focused on more than others resulting in the viewer not usually understanding what the image is actually of yet enjoying the look of it anyway.
Francis Brugiere and Jaroslav Rossler similarly played on this idea as well as the the appearance of shadows, they also both used paper as their medium at some stage in their work to create abstractions. By making subtle adjustments to light they were both able to create beautiful images that you wouldn't even think of as being a plain sheet of paper originally. I feel like some of their photos can also be perceived as paintings due to the unrealistic intricacy created just by manipulating paper.
Francis Bruguière (1879- 1945) was an American photographer who was established in commercial photography,specifically theatrical although personally experimented with double exposures and abstractions. Many of his abstractions were dramatically lit allowing the paper to appear more complex than reality, it's believed that his paper abstactions account for most of his work.
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Jaroslav Rössler (1902-1990) was a Czech avant-garde photographer. Before experimenting with Abstract photography he created works influenced by futurism and cubism as well as the new objectivity (a movement which Albert Renger- Patzsch was involved with) While trialling abstractions he focused primarily on geometric paper cut outs specifically the composition of the material and hot it was affected by light and shadows.
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I aimed to create similar images so also used paper and card as my medium, I tried to focus on depth of field as well as angles to create my abstract photos. I scrunched, twisted, curled, folded and cut my paper then began photographing. I used contrasting colours (blue and orange) throughout the majority of my work as I preferred the appearance. By adjusting my focus I was able to isolate different aspects of my photo and focus on the textures created from manipulating the paper, I also experimented with motion by dropping paper to create motion blur which falls under the blur aspect of abstraction.
The artists I was inspired by created black and white images, I edited my photos like this in order to draw attention to the details of the photo and somewhat make it appear more intense. I also decided to crop some of my images to follow the idea of not being able to tell what object was used. If I was to further experiment with abstract photography I would rip the paper so that I no longer gad clean lines, experiment more with shadows by using harsher lighting and possibly not use paper as my medium or digital photography to take my photos.