Elements of Artistic Expression in Photography
Elements of Artistic Expression in Photography

Summary/Abstract: It is our understanding the first photographers were also painters and sought to reproduce the aura of painting in the newly discovered medium. This endeavour meant dealing with technical limitations and also introducing new means of image rendering. What was then considered a nuisance and a physical limitation – the depth of field, we now regard as an element of artistic expression inherent to photography. In this paper I sought to present aspects of these elements of artistic expression common to both mediums – painting and photography from the photographer’s perspective.

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