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Originally Posted by Andy01
Cheers Mike - yep that'll be me pushing those boundaries again - and even though Van Gogh didn't sell any paintings in his lifetime doesn't mean that one has to always sick to the proven and well trodden roads of AP.
An interesting side note - the recent AIPP Australian Photographer of the year winners folio by Lisa Saad -, which many others in the trade decried as being illustration, not photography!
But hey, as Lincoln said, "You can please some of the people, some of the time..."
Really appreciate your input & taking the time to comment, as always  |
I agree AP is continually evolving and who knows where creativity will take us as time goes on...to me though capturing an astronomical scene has to have
some semblance of realism or be scientifically relevant at least and the structures and features need to evoke what they are and not just become gratuitously manipulated coloured patterns that are just visually appealing for the sake of it. Being visually cool to look at is great, don't get me wrong, but it has to at least
feel real, like the matter that it is made of ie gas, stars and dust etc
as I said a fine line and somewhat personal interpretation too I guess...?
Yeah Lisa's work does indeed look far more like illustrations than photographs to me too. Cool visual scenes though and quite creative
Mike