{"id":2503,"date":"2016-03-07T12:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T12:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linhofstudio.com\/knowledgebank\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2016-03-10T16:36:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:36:53","slug":"david-ward-abstract-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.linhofstudio.com\/knowledgebank\/david-ward-abstract-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ward on Making Intimate & Abstracted Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Ward \u2013 \u201cMaking Intimate and Abstracted Landscapes\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Photography Show Talk: Tuesday 3-3.45pm<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Over the last twenty years or so I\u2019ve concentrated on photographing details in the landscape rather than the big vista.<\/p>\n

Shooting what Minor White called \u201cintimate landscapes\u201d increases the chances for making an image in two different ways; it provides both an increase in useable light and an increase in available subjects. The intimate approach helps to move the image beyond the illustrative into the abstract, leaving room for the viewer and helping to make your photos more emotive and more personal than the straightforwardly illustrative vista.<\/p>\n

\"Dodge<\/a>I firmly believe that the intimate view concentrates the viewer\u2019s attention, producing a more powerfully directed reading than the vista is capable of. I\u2019m far from alone in my fascination; I\u2019m following in the footsteps of Eliot Porter, Minor White and Edward Weston, to name but three. Weston started small and only once he\u2019d worked out his vision did he move on to large landscapes… perhaps we\u2019ve got it wrong concentrating on the wider view?<\/p>\n

During my talk I want to share my insights with you and explain how taking this approach can enrich your photography. Working with the small view been a journey of discovery for me, a journey that has taught me a lot about how I see and a little about how we all see. I certainly feel that my vistas have improved by concentrating on details and I hope that I can persuade you, for at least some of the time, to look at what\u2019s at your feet rather than up at the horizon.<\/p>\n

Find out more about other talks on linhofstudio stand at The Photography Show.<\/a><\/p>\n

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David Ward Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"david-ward\"<\/a>David Ward was born in England in 1960. \u00a0Childhood holidays in the Lake District and Cornwall led to a love of landscape and a desire to try and express his sense of wonder through art. He became fascinated by photography in his late teens and was accepted for the prestigious Film & Photographic Arts course at PCL in London, where he was a student of \u00a0Victor Burgin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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