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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High Noon Photography
I gave a short workshop at Tel Aviv beach, entitled: High Noon Photography. The little time I had during the workshop and on my walk back was enough for me to make a few shots. Here are five of them. It then struck me then that all share a common thread: Loneliness, Vulnerability and Persistence.
A Composite Portrait
Rami Baruch and Eli Gornstein are two prominent Israeli Actors. I photographed them during a staged rehearsal, and then created a blend of 5 photographs that seems to have captured something that was not obvious in a single image.
There is no such a thing as nothing to photograph
There is no such a thing as “there is nothing to photograph here”. One only needs to see and imagine, everywhere and anytime. Here’s an example of photographs I took on a supposedly boring hour trip on a train, looking out.
Photography is the Art of Slicing Time
Two days ago I took a few photographs at a fish pond next to Petach Tikva Museum of Art. There were a number of Tilapia fish swimming at the pond. Neither a slow shutter speed nor the series of quick interrupted shots used here are similar to the way we see movement. Yet, we can look at certain still images and make a pretty good guess of what reality was in those 2 to 4 seconds, while filling the gaps in our mind.
Under the Bridge: Is it Photography?
‘Under the Bridge’ is a blend of 11 photographs that were taken on a tripod in a bicycle highway at the end of a working day. Many young men and women use it on their way to a Hi-Tech neighborhood in Tel Aviv, or back home. I summoned the film photography master, Jerry Uelsmann, to justify the claim that this is nevertheless ‘photography’.
Impressionism Photography
Iris photography in nature is a challenge. Here’s a photograph of the rare endemic Dark Brown Iris, standing in the wind. I developed a new expressionism technique to show both the wind movement and the grass exquisite frozen details. Don't miss it! As always, I also ask: Is it art? Is it a photograph? Those are questions that should always be asked, but not always be fully answered.
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