By contrast we have this equally unusual work!
But here the work is complex, no longer serene, it has churning waters or waves, contrasted with a bare wooden deck and metal ladder: a man-made conflict with nature, it would seem!
Is it “art” also? Of course it is, as I believe it’s the project of some idea projected and exported from the mind of a creative person to be shareable.
However, this is not so readily taken in and mentally consumed as the first image. It’s unlikely, in my opinion, that it would gather as many minutes of eyeball attention in a gallery without a text to allow the naive or initiated to appreciate its value, whatever that might be.
Agein, I could sell this if I had a gallery with rich clients. I would tell them about the harder life in and around Darwin and the struggle against the elements Aussies have always faced! Still I have no clue whether this would be recognized by anyone else as “Fine Art”!
Could be, after you are gone, Tom, that buyer has a rare surviving print of what’s now recognized as intelligent and boundary-breaking photography that gives a voice to concerns about what humans are doing, fighting Nature!
Still, my bets would be on the first picture since it doesn’t require its author be known or recognized as it had its own voice that should stand the the tests of time.
But is it “Fine Art”,?
In this process I have only one vote for “The Boulder” image and close to zero influence in the process. But I am pretty certain it is!
Asher
