this is an update on my experience of wading into the waters of digital photography.
I am in the process of preparing for a new exhibition of my work at the Tuscany Cafe located at Rittenhouse West and Locust Streets in Philadelphia. This exhibition is a series of images taken on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. It is my first all digital series. As I stated in my previous entry, I consider digital photography more akin to painting than film photography. And as I process the images in my “digital darkroom” I feel even stronger that this is the case. I am having a great time with the select tools and the saturation and hue controls. I am amazed that I can go in and change any area I want to something it never was in the real world. It is all coming from what I want it to be, not what it was or how I responded to it in the third dimension. It is truly a new and strange experience. Oddly, I like the work I am producing but it is not attached to any emotional experience I had while taking the photograph. This is a first.
I also feel a different kind of freedom. Whether this new found openness is a source of creativity remains to be seen. I hope the success of learning how to use the tools isn’t a substitute for the quality and success of the imagery. I will always try to avoid this pitfall. Technique is the means; not the Art!
I am shooting for September 1st to have the show installed. I am torn between the ivy league traditional and bold abstraction. Right now I can tell you there will be at least 6 pieces, one being of Oldenburg’s Button. The others are even surprising me.
Well let me get back to my painting with pixels!!
More Later
Namatse,
Armond Scavo
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