Yesterday I talked about how
photography as an art is evolving. The article I linked (this one: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/nov/16/sean-ohagan-photography-art-form)
discussed how the prestigious Deutsche Börse prize in photography was won in
2012 by John Stezaker, who does not even take photographs. (Read his Wikipedia
page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stezaker).
Stezaker makes surreal type collages by combining pre-existing images. Here’s
an example. It reminds me of the surrealist paintings I looked at a few weeks
ago.
Stezaker doesn’t take any of the
photographs himself. Instead, he finds and combines things like old postcards So
he uses photography, but doesn’t take the photos himself. Does this matter? I
don’t think so. Art using found objects is still art. Think of modern art exhibits you've seen. It’s the creativity with which the artist arranges them that matters. I’m not sure calling this type of art “photography”
is exactly correct, but what else would you call it? In any case, I think it’s
pretty cool.
Xoxo,
Diana
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