I found in this book, Robert Adams talks a lot about form when describing his own definition of beauty.
He insists that art creates a limitless amount of opportunity for beauty to rediscovered, such as is found in Edward Weston’s bell peppers.
He talks about how deceptive photographs can be, how easily photographed the subject looked as though the photographer only had to be present to get a good image. Whereas in reality, there is an embarrassing amount of strain, hard work and thinking behind the subjects and processes that we use.
‘Why do photographers bother with the deception? … The answer is I, I think, that the deception is necessary if the goal of art is to be reached; only pictures that look as if they had been easily made can convincingly suggest that beauty is commonplace’. I like the ideas about what beauty is and where it lies in a photo (and art in general) and he contemplates wether all photographs are beautiful and what makes them so.
The only part of the book that i dislike is he speaks his opinion as if it is honest and fact when my own perception of beauty differs to his, i’ve considered he may be right and I, wrong but I believe his words are only opinion.
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