What seperates snapshot from photograph

What separates a mere 'snapshot' from a well though-out and impactful, even thought-provoking photograph that leaves a lasting impression?

If your eye keeps shifting, and you keep exploring the image,
and you can't walk away, it might be art.

If your eye keeps shifting, and you keep exploring the image,
and you can't walk away, it might be art.

When a piece makes you feel something, its art.

When it makes you feel something you've never felt before, its a masterpiece.

I saw the Night Watch by Rembrandt this year, it was a very humble and awesome experience. I never felt like that due to a painting before.

I'll go one further . . .

Art is anything created on purpose for no practical reason whatsoever.

I'll go one further . . .

Art is anything created on purpose for no practical reason whatsoever.

I disagree, i wouldn't consider some abstract painting with a single black line on a white canvas art. Its shallow, pretentios and meaningless.

Money laundering, tax evasion and investment with large intrest rate, sure, but not art...

Quote from: Bullwinkle on December 30, 2019, 01:26:57 PM

I'll go one further . . .

Art is anything created on purpose for no practical reason whatsoever.

I disagree, i wouldn't consider some abstract painting with a single black line on a white canvas art. Its shallow, pretentios and meaningless.

Money laundering, tax evasion and investment with large intrest rate, sure, but not art...

It appears the black splash on the white sheet evoked feelings within you.   
(I know, it's shit.)  Some people sell fake cancer drugs.


the Mona Lisa is an average old portrait.
It's only famous because it was stolen and recovered.
It took two days before anyone noticed it was gone.

I made my life drawing shit. I may be biased.   

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This comment is art.

Look at it. Read it. What is the author thinking? Think about his expressive emotions in this comment. The way he makes you read it. The way it makes you want to read between the lines. What does he really mean? Does it fill you with joy? anger? sadness? guilt? fear? love? hate? Some combination of those emotions? What does he mean? Is he telling you to read this because it is beautiful? to marvel at its beauty? To think deeply about everything he's written? Is this a piece so amazing that it rivals even Shakespeare? Maybe there he wants you to read it because there's spelling erro? or a punctuation error; maybe your a grammer Nazi? Maybe he wants you to read this because it is fun. Maybe it means something. Maybe those errors are intentional. Or maybe it really was a mistake and the author can't be bothered to fix it. Or maybe, just maybe....


This whole thing is to waste your time.

Please comment and tell me your feelings of my beautiful literary piece.

This comment is art.

Look at it. Read it. What is the author thinking? Think about his expressive emotions in this comment. The way he makes you read it. The way it makes you want to read between the lines. What does he really mean? Does it fill you with joy? anger? sadness? guilt? fear? love? hate? Some combination of those emotions? What does he mean? Is he telling you to read this because it is beautiful? to marvel at its beauty? To think deeply about everything he's written? Is this a piece so amazing that it rivals even Shakespeare? Maybe there he wants you to read it because there's spelling erro? or a punctuation error; maybe your a grammer Nazi? Maybe he wants you to read this because it is fun. Maybe it means something. Maybe those errors are intentional. Or maybe it really was a mistake and the author can't be bothered to fix it. Or maybe, just maybe....


This whole thing is to waste your time.

Please comment and tell me your feelings of my beautiful literary piece.

I skipped to the end as I always do.
This is what I scanned . . .

This comment is art.


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This whole thing is to waste your time.

Also, writing things is not art.

So writing a story such as The Godfather is not art?

So writing a story such as The Godfather is not art?

Expecting an Art Philistine to appreciate art is a bit like Playing Chess with a Pigeon.

Signed: an Art Philistine.

What separates a mere 'snapshot' from a well though-out and impactful, even thought-provoking photograph that leaves a lasting impression?

I'll be glad if you explain us what seperates CGI from photograph. Thanks in advance.

What separates a mere 'snapshot' from a well though-out and impactful, even thought-provoking photograph that leaves a lasting impression?

I'll hazard a guess and go with the "well thought-out" part.  Then again, I might also contend that a "mere snapshot" can sometime be impactful, thought provoking and leave a lasting impression.  I once knew someone who said that he was on a helicopter and needed to burn up the last shot an the roll of film (yes, film).  So he put the camera up to the window behind him and took a random photo that wound up being the best shot on the roll.

Quote from: Denspressure on December 30, 2019, 12:50:28 PM

What separates a mere 'snapshot' from a well though-out and impactful, even thought-provoking photograph that leaves a lasting impression?

I'll be glad if you explain us what seperates CGI from photograph. Thanks in advance.

See for yourself! This photo taken by a real person on a real high-quality film camera is a real photograph:

The earth really is this shape and this is not a NASA composite but is a photo taken on a high quality film camera.:

Apollo 17 Mission
For the first time on an Apollo mission,
the Antarctic icecap was visible during the Apollo 17 translunar coast.
This full-disk view encompasses much of the South Atlantic Ocean,
virtually all the Indian Ocean, Antarctica, Africa, a part of Asia, and, on the horizon,
Indonesia and the western edge of Australia.

This is a probably a photo of a model so is not CGI:


And, as far as I can tell, this is CGI:

So writing a story such as The Godfather is not art?

Nope.  High craft at best.
If something can only be be described as art, it is not.
If the superlative is 'art', someone lacks vocabulary.


the Mona Lisa is famous because it was stolen and recovered a few years later.
It wasn't missed off the wall for a few days.

It's an average to crappy painting.

Not art.