MY NEW GALLERY ASSOCIATION I have consciously been doing fine art photos of aesthetically muscular female physiques for decades. I would quite often ask myself how a given image would look on the wall of a museum or gallery. Over time my photos have been exhibited in two museums, a half dozen galleries and been… Read More MY FEMALE PHYSIQUE PHOTOS AS FINE ART
HOW SHOULD WE DEFINE ART? Maybe “Art” Should Be A Verb, Not A Noun By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbinsphotography.com Humans are fond of using symbols for which there is no actual referent. That is, using words to refer to things that don’t actually exist. It would be hard to find real world examples of “dragon,” “unicorn”… Read More MAYBE “ART” SHOULD BE A VERB, NOT A NOUN
FEMALE MUSCLE: Where Feminism Has Failed Women By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbins.com The progress that women, primarily in western culture, have made since the latter half of the 19th century is amazing. This is especially evident when you look at the status of women in parts of the world that have not gone through this evolutionary… Read More FEMALE MUSCLE: Where Feminism Has Failed Women
WHY DO WE LOVE BW IMAGES? Maybe Because They Are Much Easier To Process By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbinsphotography.com The earliest known type of camera was the camera obscure, in which light passing through a small hole was projected on some kind of screen behind it. The first reference to this device occurred in China back… Read More WHY DO WE LOVE BW IMAGES?
By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbinsphotography.com GOODBY AGE OF FILM The age of film as the primary medium of photography is over. Some photographers may still shoot photos on film – there are those who still make Daguerreotypes – but capturing images using some kind of electronic processing will be with us for the foreseeable… Read More DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY – THE IMPORTANCE OF POST-PROCESSING
NATURE OF REVOLUTION I read an interesting quote in a book recently: “It would hardly be a revolution if everyone agreed with it at the beginning, would it?” This applies to most areas of our culture, from taste and social conventions, fashion, psychology and even medicine and scientific knowledge. This especially applies to my photos… Read More MY PHOTOS: REAL REVOLUTION TAKES TIME
My photo studio is located in Los Angeles. I have wonderful photo locations easily available including the beach, mountains and deserts not too many miles away. This is why I encourage those who want the best possible photos to come to book photo session and come here to L.A. I get asked a lot if… Read More SHOOTING PHOTOS IN LOS ANGELES
THE AGE OF FREE PORN We live in an age of free porn on the Internet and any magazines should keep this in mind when they are thinking about publishing photos of sexy women to attract readers. Penthouse went out of business at one point trying to chase the Internet in terms of erotic content.… Read More “GIRLIE” PHOTOS AND FAILING FITNESS MAGAZINES
A NEW ARCHETYPE When Pumping Iron author Charles Gaines first saw women bodybuilders in the late 1970s he declared they represented a “new archetype” – a kind of body never seen before in any culture anywhere in the world at any time in history. Women who develop their muscles for aesthetic purposes are “something new… Read More WHY AESTHETIC FEMALE MUSCLE IS IMPORTANT
Anyone who follows fashion knows how specifically things like clothing, hair or even make-up change over time. When a model was shot in the 1980s or 1960s, for example, you can often tell so at a glance. And that becomes even more evident when you are dealing with the 30s, the 20s or even earlier.… Read More THE BODY AS FASHION
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