{"id":3446,"date":"2013-11-07T01:50:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T01:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2013-11-07T01:50:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T01:50:56","slug":"current-deadpan-fine-art-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/current-deadpan-fine-art-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Deadpan Fine Art Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_3446'] = [\n{id: 3454, image: 'https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/8110115.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/8110115-150x150.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ke6CTL#3454\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Boyne Falls, Michigan (Aug 2013)<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ke6CTL#3454\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p>This is a photo I snapped while on vacation last August (2013) in Michigan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3454\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_3446\" data-imgid=\"3454\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/8110115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3454\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3454\" alt=\"Boyne Falls, Michigan (Aug 2013)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/8110115.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/8110115.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/8110115-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boyne Falls, Michigan (Aug 2013)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(click image to see it larger..)<\/p>\n<p>It struck me (while looking through my images from the trip) that this one fits&#8211;particularly well&#8211;a current deadpan aesthetic in fine art photography. Not much is going on (there can&#8217;t be much going on) and the colors go well together but can&#8217;t be too saturated (the red here is probably a tiny bit too strong), and there&#8217;s a fair amount of &#8220;balance&#8221; to the layout or composition.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the image needs to be fairly &#8220;boring&#8221; so as to (presumably) engage the higher, more sensitive areas of the cerebral cortex without engaging too much sensory perception or emotional response which could hinder lofty cognitive processing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not totally &#8220;down&#8221; on such images (I take them myself sometimes), but I&#8217;m getting a little sick of them and find them kind of gutless.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think that staying away from any strong sensory or emotional response is the solution to getting people (viewers) to experience the sublime or (at least) something elevated above everyday experience.<\/p>\n<p>To me this type of art photography is like a nice soothing break one takes between engagements with really interesting art photography&#8230;:p.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<br \/>\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\"\n style=\"min-width: 540px ! important; background-color: rgb(195, 176, 145); border-collapse: collapse;\"\n border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"18\" cellspacing=\"0\"\n width=\"540\">\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td\n style=\"color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;\"\n class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n      <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/mgracemartin\" target=\"_blank\"\n style=\"color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n src=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/red_swing_76.jpg\"\n style=\"border: 0pt none ; margin: 0px; width: 114px; height: 76px; text-decoration: none;\"\n align=\"left\" height=\"76\" width=\"114\"><\/a><br>\nVisit Michael's <a\n href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/mgracemartin\"\n target=\"_blank\"\n style=\"color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\">Art Photography Portfolio<\/a> at SaatchiArt.com!\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a photo I snapped while on vacation last August (2013) in Michigan. 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