Feb 19, 2006, 00:41
Hmmm. Good question. I do try to be artsy in my stuff, and I have had some limited success commercially selling photos as "art" - but I certainly don't live an artist lifestyle or define myself as an artist as my primary function.
I guess the larger question is what is art? If art is self expression - then I guess I am an artist. If art is saying something profound about the human condition or saying something in a particulalry new or original way, then I definately am not.
Strangley enough, the photos that I consider my most artistic are the total fantasies I do sometimes - imaginary scenes that I have clobbered together in PhotoShop. I feel they are artistic in that they do not actually exist - they are comprised of fragments of other images. Because they originate in my mind, and are not based strictly on capturing something I see ( i.e. the "science" of photography), I feel they are more purely art.
Too bad, the subject matter of these imaginary scenes is usually more juvenile than profound...
I guess the larger question is what is art? If art is self expression - then I guess I am an artist. If art is saying something profound about the human condition or saying something in a particulalry new or original way, then I definately am not.
Strangley enough, the photos that I consider my most artistic are the total fantasies I do sometimes - imaginary scenes that I have clobbered together in PhotoShop. I feel they are artistic in that they do not actually exist - they are comprised of fragments of other images. Because they originate in my mind, and are not based strictly on capturing something I see ( i.e. the "science" of photography), I feel they are more purely art.
Too bad, the subject matter of these imaginary scenes is usually more juvenile than profound...