Re: 3D as ART etc.

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Eric Goldstein writes:
>And many, many fine photographers still do prefer (and do their best work 
>with) monochrome photography for this reason, in _spite_ of the fact that our 
>visual cultural "grammar" has become so saturated with color imagery for the 
>last 50 years. Film makers, too!
>
>(Or, on second thought, perhaps is it _because_ of this saturation!)
>
>Are these effects surmountable? Is it possible to art direct and compose 
>effective color photographs? Could color under certain circumstances enhance 
>composition or mass? Absolutely, undeniably, without question. But none of 
>this changes what I would consider to be the inherent fact that the mechanics 
>of perception and cognition render color photography a medium which 
>ordinarily detracts from mass and composition when compared with black and 
>white photography.
>
>And now, back to 3D...   8--)
>

*************  If the general population had been 80% or more color blind,
color photography never would have caught on. Despite the invention of
photography, painting is still a popular medium. We even find photographers
imitating painted art. All of the expressive forms mankind has ever found
retains a usefulness to us in some way. It is natural to seek stronger
parallels between our perception of the world around us and the accuracy of
our mediums of expression. However having a greater accuracy of
reconstruction such as 3D doesn't mean that we must use all of that accuracy
all the time. It is natural and artistic to abstract from reality as a way
of focusing the attention. Since the normal reality is flat 2D graphics, 3D
is itself an abstraction that focuses the attention. Naturally.  : -)

Bob Howard writes:
>So you ended up with the great color
>photographers imitating the impressionists or poster art. AND NOW YOU
>WANT TO ADD 3D to the dilemma? :-) 


**********  You bet!

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.sonic.net/~lberlin/


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