David Ward – “Making Intimate and Abstracted Landscapes”
The Photography Show Talk: Tuesday 3-3.45pm
Over the last twenty years or so I’ve concentrated on photographing details in the landscape rather than the big vista.
Shooting what Minor White called “intimate landscapes” increases the chances for making an image in two different ways; it provides both an increase in useable light and an increase in available subjects. The intimate approach helps to move the image beyond the illustrative into the abstract, leaving room for the viewer and helping to make your photos more emotive and more personal than the straightforwardly illustrative vista. Continue reading