photography slideware handout
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Creative Photography
Photographer to V iewerD a v i d R u r i k « A P c o n f e r e n c e » J a n u a r y 1 - 2 , 2 0 1 2
As an amateur photographer I have
recognized the need for a simplicity in
how an audience is asked to view an
image. Many times images are presented
with other visual media or text around
then and without conscious attention to
the concept that images can truly speak
for themselves.
Viewers should be asked to become
enveloped in the creative process that the
photographer starts when he begins to
conceptualize the image. This process
becomes photography. If it was only up to
the photographer, there would be no
reason to share images and thus the
viewer is or rather should be a crucial part
of the process.
How do we do this in a time when the
image is nearly always presented with a
simple description if not an article or story
attached?
I suggest we practice as viewers. Look at
images and take time to let the image
itself tell a story. Here’s how I have begun
to make this change in my own experience.
I have found several sites on which images
are commonly posted and I take time to
view each one for what it is prior to
exploring the subtitles or descriptions.
Several of these sites are represented here
in the right column.
Also included is contact is links to the
limited online selection of my own work
from various classes as well as my
presentation.
David Rurik Photography Email [email protected]
Flickr page Slideware presentation
flickr.com/photos/dwrurik/ slideshare.net/drurik/slideware-presentation
Suggested Photography Websites Photo.net NYT Lens
Blog
http://www.photo.net/
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/
National Geographic BBC
Photography
photography.nationalgeographic.com/
bbc.co.uk/news/in_pictures/