geo_lam Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Dear All, What is Salon Photography? A subset of art photography? or something else? Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstubbs Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Sounds like a simultaneous equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 It is an approach that fosters craftsmanship and classic rules to things like composition and color and often subject. It is closer to "fine art" photography than to photography as an Art because rules in the later can change. <p> --<br> "Photography is rather like denatured Art." -- Pico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall ellis Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 'Salon' photography was big in the early and mid parts of the 1900's - they were very big with the Pictorialist movement photographers (Mortensen, etc.). Basicaly, people would submit their prints for judging and display to salons all over the world and or more people would judge the entries and choose what would be displayed. Accepted prints would often collect stickers on the back of the mount, and these stickers became very desireable to have. The PSA (Photogrpahic Society of America) held many 'Salons' in that time, and continue to do so today, but there is now little or no use of the term 'salon'. I don't remember when it's use fell from favor, but it was some time ago and the PSA is the only organization that still uses that term that I am aware of. A good book to read if you are interested in this is "After the Photo-Secession: American Pictorial Photography, 1910-1955" (ISBN: 0393041115) - Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_kallet Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Geo, Although these articles don't define Salon Photography, they talk about it in a way that will aid your understanding of it... http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/opinion/html/salon.htm http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1306/is_n5_v62/ai_18311956 http://www.tolee.com/html/phot230.htm Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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