What the hell does that title mean, sounds like double talk. Well it is a topic that arises often especially when opinions are being passed around on photographs. Is a blurry photograph wonderful, terrible, art, or trash. You might say, depends on the image. Or what about a blurry foreground, normally frowned upon, but.....for some it works. There are rules, like thirds, and then there are ground breakers who manage to create new standards. So how do you make sense out of all this? The short answer, I can't but Alla Tsank can help. Alla is a successful painter who judges photography and painting applications for the most prestigious art show in America-the Sausalito Art Festival. For photography, she teams up with William Vanscoy a well known photographer to evaluate the applications from some 200 photographers, and this year 20 were selected. It's a tough task, separating photographer's work for an Art Festival.
I have known Alla for several years and often discuss topics of Art with her. She is experienced, successful, attends the best Art gatherings in the US and always has something well thought out to say. So to add light to the topic question, I asked Alla what she looked for when she judged photography. The assumption is that all of the entries are by most standards great photography, so the task is to separate the best from the good. I'm not going to attempt to paraphrase her, rather you can listen to the interview, which was recorded on Hold The Eye Images Podcast Episode 12. I think you will find her insight interesting, it was certainly informative for me. Click below or Episode 12 in the Podcast Panel on the right. This broadcast can also be found in iTunes under Hold The Eye Images.
Hold The Eye Images Podcasting Episode 12
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