I’ll have to edit this part for his title, but it’s about presenting your ongoing work and your final version, and explaining the difference. This part is about retaining the complexity and not over-simplifying our work.
Rationalisation in Visual Art
This part got my attention. This is one of the four things he’s telling us we shouldn’t do.
“Can result in peripheral matter being removed/ hinted at/glossed over, jettisoning ‘subclauses’ to draw the viewer’s attention to the central subject of an image. Over-rationalisation can simplify a work, presenting the meaning too obviously and not trusting the audience to discern for themselves.”
This is exactly what we are told to do, as photographers, to have success in photography competitions! The judges usually only have a few seconds to look at each photo. One of my friends, Leonard, refuses to take this route. His photos require spending time on them and hence never do well in competition, but Leonard doesn’t care – and he’s right. [got it art – I like that term!]
