On Impressionism

Delicate
Originally uploaded by svimes

In terms of wikipedia:

"Characteristics of Impressionist paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, the inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism

How to achieve this through photography, where brush strokes need to be post-process and often yield uninteresting gimmicky photographs?

What I've ended up doing is finding visual angles, which yield a sense of movement and accurate depiction of light through refelction on bodies of water, be they poinds, rivers, lakes or the sea. To me the post-process is still not the main thing rather coming up with these shots in a "natural" way.

This approach of course narrows down the subject matter quite somewhat, but I've been thinking about applying this to portraiture as well. :) Anyway, impressionism seems to be an interesting approach to expression and I will continue to investigate it.

Galleria MYSTIC

Galleria MYSTIC
Originally uploaded by svimes

Bicycling past the gallery
you seem to be unaware
of its existence.

The thought above is a contemplation of the relevance of art in this society...

Does art matter?

What do you think?