what do you think of this image on amazon?

[W.Y.Photo]

I'm just waiting for the furious storm that this reply is going to cause..




In defense of the picture:

I like the image, and I think it is well composed. Though it is generic the way the photographer chose to portray the object gives a unique perspective to an otherwise boring and overly photographed subject matter. Not only do I value it as art but I also see it as a well made photograph... Just because the photographer chose to use a centered composition and a blown highlight doesn't make the image bad, its actually what makes it good. The centered composition gives a sense of what type of environment the object is in and the empty space ensures that it does not pull the eye away from the point of interest. The blown highlight, while it can be visually annoying at times (I'm not saying the picture is perfect!!) only adds to this sense of environment, as a viewer you can discern from this spot of light on the ground that you are in a very dark space but that there is light peaking in from outside.

The colors are nice as well.

Now for the artist:

If the photographer named this image he needs to do some reading on abstract art... It's not an abstract. His "Artist statement" itself completely contradicts the image in title and for what it actually is. He states he makes work for purely documentary purposes and avoids creating to give feeling:

My photography is about discovery and learning, they are intended to inform rather than to necessarily convey personal feelings. My images are created through direct experiences with the real world.

The description of abstract art: (via wikipedia)

Abstract art uses a visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.

Contrary to his statement about his work, all I get from this image is feeling.. Sure its a documentation of a sink... but isn't that what all photographs are, documentations of things? noone's interested in seeing a documentary about a sink that fell off the wall... what people might be interested in (and what I'm interested in) is the feeling and thought that an image of that sink can create when made well.


I like this guys photograph but I think he doesn't really have a purpose for creating it.. and if he can't explain why he made it why should I care about it enough to pay $450 for it?
No self-respecting gallery or museum curator with knowledge of this photographers statement would buy this image, not because of the image's quality, which I believe is actually very good, but because the images creator is either ignorant of art or unable to explain his own artwork...

If he didn't give that name to it.. I'd consider paying $250-300 for it.

Just as photoguy, me and a couple other people were saying, it's not a bad image. Just because you don't like it, doesn't make it a bad image. Some thoughts were obviously put into capturing it.

Yes, exactly.


Now its when things like this start selling for hundreds of dollars that we really need to worry:

WARNING: Terrifying image behind this link.

 

[photoguy99]

Museums generally don't collect things until the artist is established as an important artist.

You can't be established as such until the galleries and auction houses and whatnot so decree it.

They're not going to decree you important until you demonstrate that you have ideas, can execute them, can create consistent idea-rich bodies of work, and can most likely repeat the process.

This isn't enough, of course, but it's a requirement.

Most photographers who aspire to be Artists with a capital A don't get this.

 

[unpopular]

I don't think it's the worst ever, but...

That price with that photo makes me think its one of those 'artists' who think "I made it therefore it is AAAArrrrttt"

This reminds me of a painting I did that was included in a show. I painted a canvas white, forged Monet's signature and listed it a $10-million

 

[W.Y.Photo]

I don't think it's the worst ever, but...

That price with that photo makes me think its one of those 'artists' who think "I made it therefore it is AAAArrrrttt"

This reminds me of a painting I did that was included in a show. I painted a canvas white, forged Monet's signature and listed it a $10-million

Is your name Neal Caffery by any chance and are you the inspiration for this TV show: White Collar USA Network