PhotoArt Blog
By Oren Hasson
Photography is the absorption of light through time onto a 2D receiver. An image is created. The creation — planning and executing — is a private and personal experience. Images may then take on a life of their own. Like music, they can have a personal, an artistic, or a social role. All of that is photography — rooted in technique, ending up somewhere in the world, at different destinations. That is what this blog is about.
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Concertinas
Irises are magnificent, resilient, and endangered flowers. This is the story of a cluster of Negev irises in the Gaza Envelope, sheltered beneath a barbed wire concertina. Is that enough to survive?
Rugby Dance
The sounds of fierce collisions are an inseparable part of the game. And yet, the more I photographed, the more I saw something else entirely — a mesmerizing dance on wheels.
Twice Gaia
From photographs of Paralympic swim competition I shot for the Israeli Paralympic Sports Association, I have have picked two, of Gaia, to compose a special image. This is it's story.
Scandals and Difficulties in Photography Competitions
Photography contests are a genuine way to have your work evaluated by professionals — but not all of them are what they claim to be. A look at the business, the credibility, and the occasional fraud behind photo competitions, and what it means when you're credited in one that actually matters.
What is a Good Photograph? (2)
My previous post asked what is a good photograph from an artistic point of view. Here, I ask a different question: Must a good photograph be an artistic one?. Can't a good photo simply be a photo in which I, or any other photographed object, look good in it? In other words, what if it is not the artistic value that counts, but the way in which the subject of the photograph is evaluated?
What is a good photograph?
Sometimes you know what a good photograph is just by looking at it. But how do you know what you know is right? We may expand this question even further, and ask: How do we know what good art is?
This question leads us into a deep philosophical-social-economic trap, related to the definition of Art. Can photography contests help us know?
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