Abstraction is defined as "freedom from representational qualities." Representational qualities are ones which are integral to visually identify what something is. For example, four silver spikes in the abstract don't inform us that we are looking at a fork, but the curve and shine of the metal and the handle do. Taking something, preferably something so familiar we don't dissect its elements any more, out of its context and removing essential elements to its identification is abstraction.
Abstraction
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| Paul Strand |
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| Imogen Cunningham |
(How do those images use depth of field?)
Depth of Field
Shallow
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| Rachel Eastin |
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| Imogen Cunningham |
Deep
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| Ryan McGinley |
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| Olivia Bee |
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