Photography as Meditation
eBook - ePub

Photography as Meditation

Tap Into the Source of Your Creativity

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Photography as Meditation

Tap Into the Source of Your Creativity

About this book

For many people, photography serves as a form of meditation; a way to separate themselves from their stressful lives. In this book, Torsten Andreas Hoffmann explores an approach to artistic photography based on Japanese Zen-Philosophy.

Meditation and photography have much in common: both are based in the present moment, both require complete focus, and both are most successful when the mind is free from distracting thoughts. Hoffman shows how meditation can lead to the source of inspiration. Hoffman's impressive images of landscapes, cities, people, and nature, as well as his smart image analysis and suggestions about the artistic process, will help you understand this approach to photography without abandoning the principles of design necessary to achieve great images. Photographing busy scenes, especially, requires an inner calm that enables you to have intuition for the right moment and compose a well-balanced image amidst the chaos. The goal of this book is to develop your photographic expression. It provides enrichment for photographers who believe that only technical mastery produces great images and shows how important it is to engage with your own awareness to act creatively.

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Information

Publisher
Rocky Nook
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781492016212
Edition
1
Topic
Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. 1 Thoughts on Photography and Meditation
  6. 2 Intriguing Ideas About Zen Philosophy
  7. 3 Zen Is Not “Light”
  8. 4 The Practice of Zazen
  9. 5 Mysticism and Thoughts About the Absence of God
  10. 6 Eastern and Western Thought
  11. 7 File Drawers and Direct Experience
  12. 8 Anecdote
  13. 9 Is Photography a Life Experienced Second-Hand?
  14. 10 Photography as a Direct Experience
  15. 11 Duality Dissolved
  16. 12 Studium and Punctum
  17. 13 Impression and Expression
  18. 14 What is Depth, or the Secret of the Night?
  19. 15 Inner and Outer Landscapes
  20. 16 The Alleged Objectivity of Photography
  21. 17 Basic Moods Expressed
  22. 18 Representing Beauty without Being Shallow
  23. 19 Photography as a Puzzle
  24. 20 Street Photography
  25. 21 Creating Special Magic
  26. 22 Photography as Ink Paintings
  27. 23 Magic in the Detail
  28. 24 Abstractions
  29. 25 What is Creativity?
  30. 26 Image Design Perceived During Meditation
  31. 27 Subsequent Critical Analysis and Interpretation
  32. 28 The Path to Your Own Style