It is considered as Modern since it: Requires technology a Camera to be precise. It requires other gadgets or technology to further enhance its beauty and realism features. Needs a person who have a talent in taking beautiful angles and position from people (somewhat requires a huge understanding of human movements)

Photographers began to embrace its social, political and aesthetic potential, experimenting with light, perspective and developing, as well as new subjects and abstraction. Coupled with movements in painting, sculpture and architecture, these works became known as ‘modernist photography’.

Photography as an art form arose from advancements in technology which allowed photographers to manipulate their images to fit their artistic expression. Photographers are able to drastically change the outcome of an image through choosing various cameras, lenses, film, and the framing and timing of a shot.

As abstract photography is non-representational and the intent is not to reflect or convey anything ‘concrete’ or ‘real’, the photographer must rely on other facets of composition and structure to give meaning and substance to the work.

An early associate of the influential photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, the New York-born Paul Strand was a pioneer of both Straight Photography and the abstract photography movement that partly emerged from it.

An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or …

Abstract Photography Tips for Beginners

1. Start with everyday objects.
2. Use elements of design to your advantage.
3. Go macro.
4. Shoot through objects.
5. Capture motion.
6. Practice the art of subtraction.
7. Customize your lighting.
8. Experiment with different shooting styles.

But you should have at least one, preferably more, to make really amazing abstracts.

1. Choose Strong Shapes.
2. Get Up Close.
3. Use Color To Grab Attention.
4. Seek Out Texture.
5. Look For Repeating Patterns.
6. Use Lines And Curves.
7. Photograph Reflections.
8. Shoot Through Another Object.

Try some of these fun tricks to create abstract drawings (and have fun doing it).

1. Just doodle!
2. Use your non-dominant hand to draw.
3. Try contour drawing or blind contour drawing.
4. Lose yourself in a zentangle.
5. Create layered drawings.
6. Add the element of collage.
7. Just add water.
8. Mask your image.

Most Famous Abstract Artworks In The Last 100 Years

• Wassily Kandinsky, Composition X, 1939.
• Piet Mondrian, Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930.
• Joan Miro, Peinture (Etoile Bleue), 1927.
• Ben Nicholson OM, 1934 (Relief), 1934.
• Jackson Pollock, Convergence, 1952.
• Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea, 1952.

Eleven common mistakes when writing an abstract

• Not writing a summary.
• Not paraphrasing your own work.
• Not summarising your entire project.
• Using the abstract as a de facto Introduction or Discussion.
• Including too much (or not enough) background.
• Including too many (or not enough) methods.
• Not explaining what your results mean.