What's New in Photography?

Composition is what keeps photography new and alive. The subjects will always be the same i.e., scenic, still, portrait, nature, etc. But it is how the photographer not only sees it but presents it to a viewer that makes it new. I am new at stock photography and we are always asked for something different, that no one has done before. Reinvent the wheel but keep the wheel a wheel. So, I always look for new ways to photograph the same ole' thing. Not so much new things to photograph. My two cents on the subject.

What's striking to me is how dull most of the gallery work is. I rarely see anything great and inspiring. Most of

the gallery traffic is a boring cliche of what has been done over and over and over. The other extreme is stupid

gimmicks. It's become fashionable to show gimmicky, cliche pseudo-humorous crap in galleries and pretend that it

has merit. I guess it fills the void. Nothing new.

 

There is plenty of room for great still image work - it's just that we haven't had anyone radical and exciting

the caliber of Robert Frank or Diane Arbus pop up recently. Video or film is a whole different story, and I

wouldn't go as far as to compare the two or suggest one over the other. Also commercial interests, supply/demand

and personal success are tangental, and not to be confused with great work. The majority may well prefer crap and

cliche over quality for economic and trend or whatever reasons, but the majority is rarely a barometer of new

and exciting art.

Originality missing? How's this for a unique vision?

 

http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/598672

How's this for a unique vision?

 

Yes,how.

 

What is NEW in photography

 

Nothing is new under heaven and earth.

 

Only new ways of seeing and understanding.

 

And the lemming only understood the call of the sea......

Walter, I'm afraid that if you're looking to do something ground breaking, never been done before, show stopping your pretty much out of luck. Unless you are 100 times more talented and creative than the average photographer is, everything has been done before and probably better than you could ever do. The question is what is new to you. Cheers, Catherine

"I look through galleries and try to find what hasn't been done already."

 

Looking for something ...which hasn't been done...in the galleries? (cough) :~)

Hey Anthony,

 

Speak for yourself!!!!

 

;)

 

Catherine

I think that the photo-journalistic approach to weddings and portraits is something new. When you think of all

the new techniques developed throughout the life of photography.....If you are asking what's something new in the

past 5 years, or 6 months, then no it's not. Time is relative.

 

Also "urban" photography is becoming more popular. Placing brides in their gorgeous gowns in front of grungy run

down buildings or graffiti. Doing family portraits in industrial grounds. Portrait parties are starting to find

their place as well...Those are all somewhat new, again, time is relative.

 

Also I think digital painting and editing, using tablets is relatively new as well. Maybe not in the big business

world with companies like Disney, but new in the homes of photographers. A lot of photography studios/businesses

are just now getting them because they are becoming more affordable. I can imagine that there are a lot

of photographers on this site that have not used a tablet before. Now some people can argue that digital painting

is not photography but for most that are using it, they use their own photographs and then alter those. So

photography plays a key role. It also allows us to explore new techniques in editing our photos too. Anyways that

is all I can think of for right now.

What's new in photography? You are. No one has ever seen anything in quite the same way as you, or had quite the same response to it, and if you can take a picture with complete attention to those two things, your subject in its singularity, and your response in its individuality, that picture will be something new. Once implicit comparisons enter the picture--and the search for novelty is one of matching your experience against an exhaustive list of such comparisons--your experience and expression of newness will become flat and stale.

"I look through galleries and try to find what hasn't been done already."

 

Photography is similar to music, especially Love Songs. What hasn't been sung that has been sung already.

Photos of people and daily life is always new .

The way that we smile , cry and act.

Event photography and photojournalism and documentary photography can be always new and depends on how a photographer think about them and how much we care and then just press the shutter.

Look at how many photos each day we see on this website taken from sunset , sky and buildings and are they new ?

but the photos that try to capture feelings , and the photos that make you think , they are always new

Technique is not the thing that can make my photo new . It is my vision and the way that i look to the world.

If we only try to make photos just because of making photo then we are repeating and repeating.

Look at the most of the photos send everyday , using lots of post processing techniques and at then end those photos are only beautiful and nothing more.

But the photos that you can make story about them and every time that you look you can find something new are will be always new.

 

It is not the technique that is important , it is the vision and thought behind the visor .