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Does photography need a theme to be presented together?
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I'm studying A Level photography, and I've taken a dozen of quality photos with a strong sense of composition, but all of them are unrelated to each other. My question is, does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs? I'm also considering the interesting idea that there are no guidelines to photography and no real rules only the ones that we decide to follow. Some people have self-imposed rules that provide them with creative guidance and/or personal style, but even those rules can be more like guidelines.
Online I've found exhibitions and competitions presenting "open" or "no theme" presentations, but from a range of photographers, not just one persons work.
The only sort of photography I can relate to this in this idea that I've found so far is this gallery by Gerry Dotto.
Online it's hard to find opinions on this so I'm asking a question.
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I'm studying A Level photography, and I've taken a dozen of quality photos with a strong sense of composition, but all of them are unrelated to each other. My question is, does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs? I'm also considering the interesting idea that there are no guidelines to photography and no real rules only the ones that we decide to follow. Some people have self-imposed rules that provide them with creative guidance and/or personal style, but even those rules can be more like guidelines.
Online I've found exhibitions and competitions presenting "open" or "no theme" presentations, but from a range of photographers, not just one persons work.
The only sort of photography I can relate to this in this idea that I've found so far is this gallery by Gerry Dotto.
Online it's hard to find opinions on this so I'm asking a question.
composition street-photography
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I'm not familiar with the A Levels, but there may be more "strict" requirements than if you were just taking photographs for your own creative/artistic purposes. What does your instructor/teacher have to say?
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I'm studying A Level photography, and I've taken a dozen of quality photos with a strong sense of composition, but all of them are unrelated to each other. My question is, does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs? I'm also considering the interesting idea that there are no guidelines to photography and no real rules only the ones that we decide to follow. Some people have self-imposed rules that provide them with creative guidance and/or personal style, but even those rules can be more like guidelines.
Online I've found exhibitions and competitions presenting "open" or "no theme" presentations, but from a range of photographers, not just one persons work.
The only sort of photography I can relate to this in this idea that I've found so far is this gallery by Gerry Dotto.
Online it's hard to find opinions on this so I'm asking a question.
composition street-photography
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I'm studying A Level photography, and I've taken a dozen of quality photos with a strong sense of composition, but all of them are unrelated to each other. My question is, does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs? I'm also considering the interesting idea that there are no guidelines to photography and no real rules only the ones that we decide to follow. Some people have self-imposed rules that provide them with creative guidance and/or personal style, but even those rules can be more like guidelines.
Online I've found exhibitions and competitions presenting "open" or "no theme" presentations, but from a range of photographers, not just one persons work.
The only sort of photography I can relate to this in this idea that I've found so far is this gallery by Gerry Dotto.
Online it's hard to find opinions on this so I'm asking a question.
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I'm not familiar with the A Levels, but there may be more "strict" requirements than if you were just taking photographs for your own creative/artistic purposes. What does your instructor/teacher have to say?
– osullic
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Online it's hard to find opinions... lol.
– scottbb
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Sorry, just kidding. Welcome to Photo.SE. Interesting question!
– scottbb
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I'm not familiar with the A Levels, but there may be more "strict" requirements than if you were just taking photographs for your own creative/artistic purposes. What does your instructor/teacher have to say?
– osullic
1 hour ago
1
Online it's hard to find opinions... lol.
– scottbb
1 hour ago
Sorry, just kidding. Welcome to Photo.SE. Interesting question!
– scottbb
1 hour ago
I'm not familiar with the A Levels, but there may be more "strict" requirements than if you were just taking photographs for your own creative/artistic purposes. What does your instructor/teacher have to say?
– osullic
1 hour ago
I'm not familiar with the A Levels, but there may be more "strict" requirements than if you were just taking photographs for your own creative/artistic purposes. What does your instructor/teacher have to say?
– osullic
1 hour ago
1
1
Online it's hard to find opinions... lol.
– scottbb
1 hour ago
Online it's hard to find opinions... lol.
– scottbb
1 hour ago
Sorry, just kidding. Welcome to Photo.SE. Interesting question!
– scottbb
1 hour ago
Sorry, just kidding. Welcome to Photo.SE. Interesting question!
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Does Photography Need A Theme To Be Presented Together?
Definitely not. I've been to plenty of exhibitions where there only theme is that the photos were all taken by the same photographer. In other cases, photos shown together were taken by different photographers and of completely unrelated subjects, but all the photographers were in the same class, or the photos were all taken within some time span. When photos (or any pieces of art) are shown together it's usually because they're all related somehow, but that relationship doesn't have to be a common theme.
My question is does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs.
I think this is a different question from your title question, and when you use the word series with respect to art it does convey that there's a stronger relationship between the pieces than just authorship. If an exhibit promised a series of sculptures, wouldn't you expect the pieces to share a common theme? So I would say yes, if you're presenting the photos as a series they should share some sort of theme.
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Does Photography Need A Theme To Be Presented Together?
Definitely not. I've been to plenty of exhibitions where there only theme is that the photos were all taken by the same photographer. In other cases, photos shown together were taken by different photographers and of completely unrelated subjects, but all the photographers were in the same class, or the photos were all taken within some time span. When photos (or any pieces of art) are shown together it's usually because they're all related somehow, but that relationship doesn't have to be a common theme.
My question is does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs.
I think this is a different question from your title question, and when you use the word series with respect to art it does convey that there's a stronger relationship between the pieces than just authorship. If an exhibit promised a series of sculptures, wouldn't you expect the pieces to share a common theme? So I would say yes, if you're presenting the photos as a series they should share some sort of theme.
answered 1 hour ago
Caleb
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up vote
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Does Photography Need A Theme To Be Presented Together?
Definitely not. I've been to plenty of exhibitions where there only theme is that the photos were all taken by the same photographer. In other cases, photos shown together were taken by different photographers and of completely unrelated subjects, but all the photographers were in the same class, or the photos were all taken within some time span. When photos (or any pieces of art) are shown together it's usually because they're all related somehow, but that relationship doesn't have to be a common theme.
My question is does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs.
I think this is a different question from your title question, and when you use the word series with respect to art it does convey that there's a stronger relationship between the pieces than just authorship. If an exhibit promised a series of sculptures, wouldn't you expect the pieces to share a common theme? So I would say yes, if you're presenting the photos as a series they should share some sort of theme.
answered 1 hour ago
Caleb
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up vote
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down vote
Does Photography Need A Theme To Be Presented Together?
Definitely not. I've been to plenty of exhibitions where there only theme is that the photos were all taken by the same photographer. In other cases, photos shown together were taken by different photographers and of completely unrelated subjects, but all the photographers were in the same class, or the photos were all taken within some time span. When photos (or any pieces of art) are shown together it's usually because they're all related somehow, but that relationship doesn't have to be a common theme.
My question is does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs.
I think this is a different question from your title question, and when you use the word series with respect to art it does convey that there's a stronger relationship between the pieces than just authorship. If an exhibit promised a series of sculptures, wouldn't you expect the pieces to share a common theme? So I would say yes, if you're presenting the photos as a series they should share some sort of theme.
answered 1 hour ago
Caleb
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Does Photography Need A Theme To Be Presented Together?
Definitely not. I've been to plenty of exhibitions where there only theme is that the photos were all taken by the same photographer. In other cases, photos shown together were taken by different photographers and of completely unrelated subjects, but all the photographers were in the same class, or the photos were all taken within some time span. When photos (or any pieces of art) are shown together it's usually because they're all related somehow, but that relationship doesn't have to be a common theme.
My question is does photography have to have a theme to be part of a series of photographs.
I think this is a different question from your title question, and when you use the word series with respect to art it does convey that there's a stronger relationship between the pieces than just authorship. If an exhibit promised a series of sculptures, wouldn't you expect the pieces to share a common theme? So I would say yes, if you're presenting the photos as a series they should share some sort of theme.
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I'm not familiar with the A Levels, but there may be more "strict" requirements than if you were just taking photographs for your own creative/artistic purposes. What does your instructor/teacher have to say?
– osullic
1 hour ago
1
Online it's hard to find opinions... lol.
– scottbb
1 hour ago
Sorry, just kidding. Welcome to Photo.SE. Interesting question!
– scottbb
1 hour ago