Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Dierk,
A good illustration. Yes it is a conceit! Not in the derogatory sense of "conceited" or narcisisistic, rather it's a style or approach to a subject. Yes, inherent in the projected meaning of TIF is the value of "truth". This "Truth" is coherent I presume, with the "ideal" of "not lying" by manipulating" the photograph so it represents more of what an artist would do with a blank canvass than an "objective", "unbiased" observer simply releasing the shutter and exposing film/sensor.
Of course, all the fingerprints of each of the multitude of decisions the TIF photographer makes still apply. However, the sense of "virtue" or "truth" to the dogma of not treating a photograph to additions and removals of objects does apply in the arena of that style.
To me, at least, the look of TIF landscape pictures by Nick Rains seem pristine, "natural" and so beautiful. Of course he has selected from 10,000 possibilities. But that is the nature of artistic photography.
Asher
A good illustration. Yes it is a conceit! Not in the derogatory sense of "conceited" or narcisisistic, rather it's a style or approach to a subject. Yes, inherent in the projected meaning of TIF is the value of "truth". This "Truth" is coherent I presume, with the "ideal" of "not lying" by manipulating" the photograph so it represents more of what an artist would do with a blank canvass than an "objective", "unbiased" observer simply releasing the shutter and exposing film/sensor.
Of course, all the fingerprints of each of the multitude of decisions the TIF photographer makes still apply. However, the sense of "virtue" or "truth" to the dogma of not treating a photograph to additions and removals of objects does apply in the arena of that style.
To me, at least, the look of TIF landscape pictures by Nick Rains seem pristine, "natural" and so beautiful. Of course he has selected from 10,000 possibilities. But that is the nature of artistic photography.
Asher
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