{"id":3060,"date":"2011-02-11T12:39:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T17:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2011\/02\/inner-vision\/"},"modified":"2011-02-11T12:39:41","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T17:39:41","slug":"inner-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2011\/02\/inner-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently visited the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida where one of the shows on display was "Romantics to Moderns, British Watercolors and Drawings."<\/p>\n

The introduction to the show noted that:<\/p>\n

 "As the topographic view and observation of nature began to be replaced by the artist's interpretation of landscape convention in an actual locale there was an increasing interest in <\/em>expressing emotion and an inner personal vision<\/em><\/strong> which are closely associated with the literary and artistic movement of Romanticism."<\/em> [emphasis mine]<\/p>\n

Photography at this time (last half of the 19th century) was influenced by the same aesthetic (called Pictorialism) and it was as a counterpoint that the f\/64 photo group was formed, it's most notable members being Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. These photographers sought to produce what they termed "straight" photography, absent the affectation of the Pictorialists.<\/p>\n

Though they succeeded in defining a new aesthetic in photography, one can make the case that the resulting images continue to express emotion and an inner personal vision but in a fashion unique to the artists and the medium of photography.<\/p>\n

One has to ask, doesn't all artwork ultimately express emotion and an inner personal vision?<\/p>\n

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