Leaves of a Cross 
Angel Moss Wings
The Young of the DeadThese photographs where taken in the Oakwood Cemetery in Navasota, Texas. (Technical: Canon AE-1, 400 Speed Film)
Copyright: Teddy Wilson 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Photography is an Art of Observation...
I do not think of myself as an artist. I would like to think of myself as a lover of art.
I have rediscovered an art that I loved when I was younger: the art of the photograph.
I do not aspire to be a professional photographer. The photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, whose most famous photograph was V–J day in Times Square, said, “Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.” I may be able to earn a profit from my photography, but making money from the photos is not my aspiration.
I do not think that I will ever digitize my photography. I believe that art is when something beautiful is made from something simple. Art is made when a painter uses dye, water, and canvas to create a painting, or when a writer uses a pen and paper to create a novel. Once too much technology is incorporated the line is blurred between art and synthetics.
Technology is a great thing. Technology improves our lives. Technology has created advancements in every scientific field. Technology can even be used in art. Historians have used technology to digital record great works of music and preserve our musical heritage. However, a computer cannot compose a symphony the way Beethoven’s hand could, the brush strokes of Picasso cannot be recreated digitally.
I also would like to keep my photography as simple as possible. I would like my subjects to be raw nature and real people without airbrush. The hardest thing to find as a photographer is an eye for something unique and invisible to everyone else. Elliott Erwitt said,” To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
So, this will simply be a vessel to share my view of the world; my view through two mirrors and a viewfinder.
-Teddy
You can find Elliott Erwitt’s work at http://www.elliotterwitt.com/lang/en/index.html
I have rediscovered an art that I loved when I was younger: the art of the photograph.
I do not aspire to be a professional photographer. The photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, whose most famous photograph was V–J day in Times Square, said, “Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.” I may be able to earn a profit from my photography, but making money from the photos is not my aspiration.
I do not think that I will ever digitize my photography. I believe that art is when something beautiful is made from something simple. Art is made when a painter uses dye, water, and canvas to create a painting, or when a writer uses a pen and paper to create a novel. Once too much technology is incorporated the line is blurred between art and synthetics.
Technology is a great thing. Technology improves our lives. Technology has created advancements in every scientific field. Technology can even be used in art. Historians have used technology to digital record great works of music and preserve our musical heritage. However, a computer cannot compose a symphony the way Beethoven’s hand could, the brush strokes of Picasso cannot be recreated digitally.
I also would like to keep my photography as simple as possible. I would like my subjects to be raw nature and real people without airbrush. The hardest thing to find as a photographer is an eye for something unique and invisible to everyone else. Elliott Erwitt said,” To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
So, this will simply be a vessel to share my view of the world; my view through two mirrors and a viewfinder.
-Teddy
You can find Elliott Erwitt’s work at http://www.elliotterwitt.com/lang/en/index.html
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