Fine art photography is now considered a respected modern art form, created with the intention of producing high-quality works and expressing the artist’s vision. It is distinguished from photojournalism and commercial/fashion photography and has gained acceptance through improved framing and support from organizations such as the Aperture Foundation and MoMA.
Before the invention of photography, art was mainly painting, drawing and sculpture. However, photography is now considered to be in the same class as these fine arts. Just like paintings, photographs are all about composition and perspective.
Fine art photography is a type of photography created with the intention of producing gallery- and museum-quality works. Furthermore, it is meant to be seen as an expression of the artist’s vision. Fine art photography is distinguished from photojournalism in that it was not created to support another work, such as a piece of journalistic writing. It is also distinct from commercial photography and fashion photography in that it is not intended to be used to sell a product. Despite the distinction between these forms of photography, there are some interesting overlaps.
Photography was not fully accepted as an art until after the mid-20th century. In fact, it wasn’t until the 1950s that framing a photograph for a museum or gallery became acceptable. Before that, printouts of photographs were simply pasted onto a blackboard and hung up. Alternatively, they have been printed with a white border and taped to the walls instead of hanging.
Since the mid-20th century, fine art photography has gone from a barely accepted medium that was only allowed the crudest of frames, to a well-respected modern art that is often displayed with great respect. From the 1970s to the 1990s it became increasingly accepted and popular to print large-scale photographs, give them a glossy finish, and hang them in frames as if they were paintings.
The increase in scale and improved framing of fine art photography speaks directly to the growing popularity and acceptance of the medium. There are two American organizations that have worked hard to promote fine art photography. The first is the Aperture Foundation. The Aperture Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to fine art photography. The organization publishes a quarterly magazine called Aperture. The organization also publishes fine art photography books
The second major force that has supported fine art photography is the New York Museum of Modern Art, commonly referred to as MoMA. Even in the 1960s, when fine art photography was gaining early recognition, the Museum of Modern Art presented shows promoting this genre.
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