Night Tree. Untouched Photograph. San Diego. February 18, 2010
Photography means ‘writing with light’.
Tonight the sky is lit up, and I took one of my ‘apnea photos’ as I was walking home. I set the camera on the night setting, then, since I don’t have a tripod, hold still and don’t breathe until the camera finishes computing all available light.
Earlier in class (History of Art Neoclassic-Modern) we discussed the concept of ‘organic photography’, that is photography that is not retouched or enhanced digitally (Photoshopped). Well, what you see above is a direct dump from my camera. I read the recent review of ‘Werewolves’ and our very own Duncan Sheperd mentioned a David Caspar Friedrich light throughout the movie.
The sky tonight reminds me of German Romantic poetry.
David Caspar Friedrich. Mann und Frau Den Mond Betrachtend. Oil. 1819
The one true source of art is our heart, the language of a soul infallibly pure.
A work that is not begotten from this source can only be an artifice. Every authentic work of art is conceived in a sacred hour, and borne in a happy hour, often without the artist’s knowing, by the inner impulse of the heart.
David Caspar Friedrich
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