This is the new image for dog a day, it is also my wife’s “favorite image so far.” and I agree.
My education on the history of photography is one of my most cherished possessions. And so the reference to early photo history and the pictorialist movement in this image really excite me. It was a movement that tried to establish photography as a fine art often by distorting the lens in an attempt to mimic the effects of the impressionist painters that were popular at the time.
With no intention of doing so (I realized as I was writing this entry) contemporary photo history also has a reference as well by one of the artists to cause controversy for National Endowment of the Arts, Andres Serrano. Of course this image is far less controversial and has no intentional religious or political foundation. It was just a creative way to photograph my dog Huxley.
For me being able to reference work to the past elevates the experience of creating. Do you think understanding history is an important element when creating? Or is it enough to be talented with color, composition, lighting, following trends, etc?
are you saying that poor huxley was photographed in a jar a pee? is this “piss huxley”?