Abstraction

In art, abstraction is using new techniques and methods to recreate an object or scene without having it be the way we literally see that object or scene.

Alex Matravers- Abstract

This photograph is abstract. In this photograph, Alex Matravers uses shallow depth of field to blur everything besides the focus which seems to be the center part of a ceiling light or fan. The shallow depth of field adds on to the abstraction of the photograph because it stops the viewer from being able to see and name a clear object.

Bob Doran- Experiment

This is another example of an abstract photograph with shallow depth of field in it. Here, there is also motion which makes the image abstract. I really like the way that we have to focus on the moving lights that probably represent an object or scene that we can't make out. The color really adds to the photo.