Matte & Manipulation
I worked at the opening of the travelling Canon/AIPP(Aust Institute of Professional Photog) exhibition tonight and was struck by two things:
1. Matte papers
I've ebbed back and forth during the last week regarding paper types and surfaces (esp given the printers performance on non matte), but seeing all the prints tonight reminded me why I prefer matte papers over lustre, semigloss and gloss. Images on matte are just so much easier to view, and much more forgiving when it comes to flaws - whether that be mounting, hanging, lighting etc.
2. Manipulation
The majority of the images are heavily manipulated, moving much more towards 'illustrative' vs photographic than I expected. I'm not implying it's a bad thing - more that I was expecting far more 'straight' shots in such an exhibition, and far less obvious digital manipulation.
If you live in Melbourne or nearby country Victoria and haven't seen the show it's well worth a trip up to Daylesford to check it out, as part of the month long Foto Biennale. The Canon/AIPP exhibition is at the Pantechnicon Gallery, Daylesford, until early July.
posted by Pete Walsh @ 10:10 PM 2 comments
At 10:06 AM, John M said...
re point 2 (manipulation), I'm not comfortable with this shift at all. The digital darkroom is a wonderful tool, but we risk losing the beautiful essence of capturing a real life slice of time or scene of natural beauty if we continue down the path of radical manipulation.
Will new young photographers be reticent to show raw photographs in amongst all the lurid colouring and digital patterning?
At 12:32 PM, Anonymous said...
Your path will be determined by money.
Do you need to sell your work?
You'll have to produce something people want to buy.
If you don't have to sell your work then it doesn't matter what the fad is this week...do what pleases YOU.
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