art photography
Expressive lens craft
Art photography is photography created primarily for aesthetic expression rather than commercial, documentary, or scientific purposes.
The photographer makes deliberate choices about composition, lighting, and subject matter to convey a vision or emotion: The gallery featured art photography from emerging artists.
The term distinguishes creative work from utilitarian photography like journalism or product shots.
- photobookBook of photographs
- filmMovie or coating
- natural lightIllumination from the sun
- golden hourWarm-lit period near sunset
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
Ansel Adams · large format · cultural critique · focus · conceptual art · portraiture · visual narrative · photomontage · gelatin silver print · surrealism · photo essays · camera obscura · depth of field · detail · cyanotype · long exposure · daguerreotype · double exposure
- photographycamera, photo, flash, lens, shooting
- art photographyportrait art, photo exhibitions, artistic vision, visual storytelling, landscape art
- photo collectionsphotographs, photo album, photo galleries, snapshots, digital images
- photographer biographylife story, career retrospective, memoir, legacy, influences
- photography termsunderexposed, overexposed, exposure time, fisheye lens, fisheye
art photographymugshots
Police identification photographs
documentary photography · photojournalism · passport photos · technical documentation · real estate photography
art photographycommercial photography
Photography for business purposes
product photography · portrait photography · fashion photography · food photography · commissioned work