The interior landscape : the landscape on both sides of the camera : reflections on art, creativity, expression, and a life in photography / Guy Tal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tal, Guy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Place of Publication:

San Rafael, CA : Rocky Nook, [2022]

Summary:

A deeply thoughtful and inspiring collection of essays about visual expression, art, creativity, and a life in photography Photographer, teacher, and author Guy Tal has been photographing the landscape for more than 30 years, and in that time he has also been consistently contributing to the literature of photography, writing not about the technical aspects of the photograph--the gear, the exposure details, the "secrets to getting a great shot"--but about the deeper topics of visual expression, creativity, art, and life. Building on the legacy of his previous best-selling books More Than a Rock and Another Day Not Wasted, as well as his work as a regular contributor to LensWork and On Landscape magazines, The Interior Landscape is a collection of more than 60 brief essays, packaged in a beautiful hardcover format and illustrated throughout with Guy's stunning photography. Organized into four parts, Guy discusses: " Creativity and expression as the most significant aspects of making art " The controversial and tenuous relationship between photography (by design a medium for objective representation) and art (by definition the subjective expressions of the imagination of artists) " How he has formed a relationship with, and found meaning in, the natural landscape, and how he expresses these meanings in his photographs " Lessons learned from more than three decades of practicing expressive landscape photography The Interior Landscape is for anyone interested in, as the title suggests, turning inward to explore creativity, art, expression, and the landscape. It is sure to illuminate, educate, and inspire you on your photographic journey.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Epigraph

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Inspired by Reality

1. Poetic Odds

2. Creativity, Success, and Personality

3. The Clearest and Strongest Way of Seeing

4. Incubation and Creative Blocks

5. Limitations of Language

6. What Is Real?

Part II: The Veil of the Soul

7. Artistic Merit in Photography

8. Photography and the Technological Sublime

9. Commitment and Doubt

10. Taking (Back) My Time

11. Photography as an Art Language

12. Disinterested Interest

13. Art and Flow in Photography

14. Spirituality, Sensuality, and Mechanics

Part III: Bridging the Gap

15. Moments of Grace

16. Us of the Minority

17. Solace in Interesting Times

18. The Describing Self

19. The Finger and the Moon

20. A Summons to Seriousness

21. On Equivalence, Expression, and Art

22. The Introvert Game

23. The Art of Transcending Seeing

24. Photographer! Beware...

25. Mindfulness with a Twist

Part IV: Success or no Success

26. The Art and the Artist

27. Out of the Woods

28. Perspective and Meaning

29. Noise Reduction

30. Professional Freedom

31. March SADness

32. Take Your Bearings

33. My Important Way

34. The Deed and the Glory

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tal, Guy The Interior Landscape

ISBN:

9781681988924

1681988925

OCLC:

1336986675