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Ansel + Georgia... 'Natural Affinities'
Posted by dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 3 July 2009 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.
i have been doing some thinking about the femininely subtle and sensual paintings by georgia o'keefe recently... add to that, the amount of time i have also been pondering the impossibly handsome, b/w photogenic images of ansel adams... here is a visual conclusion of mine... is the combination necessarily sexless? does it have to be so?
click on the following link for an artistic comparison of both, superlatively famous artists. ;) link
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note: due to the time difference of my new location on the globe and my work hours -- i will only be able to visit blogs and comment in the evenings after i get home!! hope your days are great!! :)
@Daryl Johnson: YES. thanks Daryl!! :)
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
I think you did a great job ... love the compo and the lines ... outstanding!
3 Jul 2009 6:23am
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
great photo dj!....I love those curves!
Thanks for the link. It made for an interesting read. Have you come to any conclusion on the question you posed?
3 Jul 2009 6:45am
@Ian Bramham: thanks Ian!! i myself am not yet sure -- the processing, per Ansel's style is, in itself, quite non sexual. however the type of motion, shape and biomorphic line of Georgia's style does inherently infuse some sort of 'life'... therefore, some sort of erotic characteristics... it could most often be a draw of sorts depending how much the photo leans one way or another. an interesting parallel is our own situation here on earth -- from inorganic matter -- somehow arose the elements for life... sexuality from the basis of sterility... a wonderful enigma to ponder! :) thanks again and have a great weekend mate!
callemie from Belgium
how can I explain this in english pfffffffffffffff
stunning lines!!!!
3 Jul 2009 6:50am
@callemie: thank you very much Callemie!!! a thousand kisses!! :) xxx
k@ from Paris, France
Love this giant curve and the fact you tried (succeeded) to marry 2 of your fav through it, bravo!
3 Jul 2009 6:51am
@k@: thanks K@!!! :) hope your weekend is great!!
Mirko Herzner from Germany
Very cool, DJ. Even more minimalist than my architecture shots of the last three days... Lovely composition. Where I used symmetry you chose simple curves...
3 Jul 2009 7:13am
@Mirko Herzner: thanks Mirko!! like most of my work, i usually wait a month or so before i choose to process and post. this was taken in early spring and has just found the light of day... it sat ignored until last week when i chose to finally process the 4 shots... i wasn't sure how i was going to present them until some reading i was doing yesterday evening 'prepped' me unknowingly for this result!! :) more to come! have a great weekend Mirko!
zOOm from Paris, France
What a nice shape, curved architecture,, it's so graphic. Brilliant crop as well.
3 Jul 2009 7:34am
@zOOm: thanks Florence!!
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Yes! Elegant and smooth, great work! Everything is right here!
3 Jul 2009 7:41am
@MadScientist: thanks heaps MS!! have a great weekend!!
NADINE DERUYCK from KLUISBERGEN, Belgium
Excellent play of light, shadow and lines !!!!!
3 Jul 2009 7:45am
@NADINE DERUYCK: thank you Nadine!!
@Zing: thanks Zing!
MrsAmber from West Wickham, United Kingdom
Great lines; right up my street. Excellent.
3 Jul 2009 9:02am
@MrsAmber: thanks Amber!! :) say hello to Liners if she is still about!! x
@grouser: thanks mate!!
Marie LC from Voiron, France
Génial !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 Jul 2009 11:30am
@Marie LC: Merci a toi Marie!! :)
@beanow: thanks Bea!!
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Powerful shot!
I love the curves and obvious lines plus the shadow detail is excellent!
3 Jul 2009 12:22pm
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
Love the angle in which you have captured the Guggenheim. As familiar a landmark that it is, your perspective does not make it overtly obvious, which is a good thing. Being "sexless" perhaps gives a photo broader interpretations by the general populace.
3 Jul 2009 12:52pm
dan from Paris, France
We can be inspired by the work of the great masters of the photography without copying for all that their work, but it is always necessary to give free rein to its personal inspiration. This photo, it is yours, such as you made it.
3 Jul 2009 12:55pm
@dan: thanks Dan!! :) Merci a toi!!!
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Wow, such fantastic interplay of curves, contrasts, tones... and the composition is so strong! Very impressive work my friend! Love this!:-)
3 Jul 2009 1:56pm
@hugo poon: thank you Hugo!! thank you!!! cheers!
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Heavens - I love this bold and lovely capture of the iconic Guggenheim. Breathtaking, Jaycee.
Sex is an essential component of who we are - if for no other reason than it is how we all got here. I question why we want to challenge this dominant energy within us, or wish to negate it in some way. I say it calls for celebration.
Yosemite has always struck me as very feminine in its energies. The Grand Canyon and Zion - heavily masculine. I see these energies in the works of O'Keefe and Adams - and the energies mutate. Ansel's photography along the Merced river conveying a masculinity. O'keefe's paintings of the southwest - marked of lush womanhood. This is their art - their sexuality - their statements, frozen in time.
Hooray!
3 Jul 2009 2:49pm
@Stephen Phillips: hello Stephen!! thanks for your wonderful reply and your excellent in depth perceptions!!! :) and i agree with you 100% regarding the celebration of sex and sexuality!! i thought it would be of some interest however to combine artistic styles of these two fine artists -- to see what might be the end result. of course, this is just one of an infinite number of visual conclusions that would be possible! linked by Alfred Stieglitz both of these artist went on to change the world of photography, and both shared the same glitzy social circle and some of the same subject matter -- however their individual styles are worlds apart!! but is it just 'sex' that separates them? or merely surface? and how to join the two? i haven't really come to any finite conclusions -- but it was sure fun in the digital darkroom!!! all the best to you Stephen -- and happy 4rth!!!
MARIANA from waterloo, Canada
Excellent framing of this detail ! Curves and contrast are just fantastic ! Have a super weekend :)
3 Jul 2009 3:17pm
@MARIANA: thank you Mariana!!! you too!! :)
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
First - I love the sweeping lines in your shot. It has a very soft quality. The light and shadow place makes for an outstanding shot.
I have always liked falling into Adams photographs. Huge, grand stuff. His portrait shots are, however, not very good. They are sterile.
I have never been an O'Keeffe fan but she does have a bold style. For me, there is more style than substance.
She did have a great body for photography, though. And her face achieved a certain ageles beauty as she got older.
3 Jul 2009 3:21pm
@Michael Rawluk: thanks Michael!! and yes -- i also agree too!! (i never did take to ansel's portraits -- he seemed quite out of touch with his subjects on a personal level, visually speaking). i have always been a big fan of Georgia since i was a kid -- i began watercolor painting at age 7 -- so i was destined to find her fluid, colorful works!! what intrigues me, at least at the moment, is creating a 'junction' of their personal styles... weird, strange and a beautiful challenge -- although certainly not necessarily definitive by any means!! hope your weekend is great -- and thanks again for your wonderful response!!!
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Have just realise how much of a pleb I am when it comes to getting deeper into things involving more than just pressing a shutter! But there's some interesting research ahead, and I thank you for the upcoming journey. But whatever - love your photo!
3 Jul 2009 3:41pm
@dobbino: lol -- hehe. no worries Rob! :) for me, all art is subject to deconstruction and reconstruction per the precedents of modern, post modern & classical art history... all those years of my schooling, finally coming back up to the fore. add to that the deep philosophical nature of my being and my penchant for stirring up conventional ideas and concepts into an infinite spectrum of post-conventional analysis and perception... :) all fun and games mate! join in on these further dimensions if you feel obliged -- but art can and always will be on some level: art for the sake of art!! ;)
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
Oh, one of the jewels of the Upper East Side. Beautifully cropped, dj. And thank you for the link which entertains a thought.
3 Jul 2009 4:53pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Outstanding monochrome. Fine composition.
3 Jul 2009 4:54pm
@Graham Russon: thanks much Graham!! cheers to you!!
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Very graphic. Ansel adams is a photographer that I like very much.
3 Jul 2009 11:20pm
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