Peter J. Crowley

Fine Art Photographer

When does an Image Become Photographic Art Art

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Dusk at The Artist Enclave in East Haddam Ct. A storm is coming. B + W silver gelatin print.

 

Low Key Figure silver gelatin print on warm tone paper.

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When you have finished manipulation? Do you ever finish manipulation when is the piece finished? When is it Art?

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Manipulation isn’t new this image is a study of a pregnant women. Shot on 35mm film at ISO 1600 to gain more grain and texture. It was then printed onto a sheet of 4×5 film giving me a positive image, then contact printed on to a 4×5 sheet of litho film [high contrast film used in the printing industry]this film sees just Black and White and adds more texture and grain. Many steps that I decided on while shooting the original negative in very contrasty studio light. When did it become Photographic Art?

What are your thoughts? When Does an image become Art? peace pjc

Photographic Art

Doors

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Where do the doors go today or in the past. This is in Uxbridge Ma. an old warehouse. Back in the ’70s I started two life long portfolios, “Wood Wood White Wood” abstract images of peeling paint and rusty nails. The other was “Doors, Entryways.” You may have seen this before as I am in full retrospect. Film the hard edge of B+W Fine Art Photography. This image for my part was of the trees reflected in the window.
Autumn I spent some time trying to fall in love with digital, skies, trees, entryways all visited but at a different speed, little lingering just the destination no journey. I also have 5-6 rolls of unprocessed film. But health and budget have kept me from the lab. Perhaps another door? Will it be open or closed? Time will tell. peace pjc

Photographic Art

An Old Dairy Farm in Hebron Ct.

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Restoration in Progress.

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On a bright sunny day I stopped at this farm I had been watching. the sky was clear blue [pure white in B+W] adding a red filter to the camera pulled out the blue sky and added the contrast to an good neg to print. B+W Film the skies are the thing. No one wants white skies, the darker the sky the more you imply a third dimension. peace pjc

Photographic Art here an orange filer changes the sky less yet allows great detail in the foreground trees.