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fine art photography

fine art photography

1 6.2
Taking pictures as art to show the artist's personal vision
  • noun
  • /faɪn ɑrt fəˈtɒɡrəfi/
translation icon : fotografía de arte
  • Pier 24 has one of the most amazing collections of fine art photography in the world.

Examples

  • Tabitha and I spend day after day with backpacks on our backs, trekking into the wilderness, and we're shooting amazing, stunning, beautiful fine art photography landscapes.

  • This blog is primarily about fine art photography and sometimes contains work that includes adult nudity.

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  • Jack is passionate about fine art photography, and travels throughout the western U.S. and Europe to photograph rock formations, landscapes, and architecture.

  • Pier 24 has one of the most amazing collections of fine art photography in the world.

Synonyms

fine-art photography
vsfine art photography
5.6

Pictures taken with a camera to show an artist's personal vision, not for news or sale

has identical meaning but is written without a hyphen between the first two words

How Artistic

fine art photography
1 6.2
photojournalism
  • Literature
5 4.6
commercial
601 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

fine + art + photography

The meaning 'photography created as an artistic expression' is directly derivable from combining 'fine' (refined/artistically valued) + 'art' (creative practice) with 'photography' (the craft of making photographs); this is a straightforward compositional noun phrase that follows normal English modification patterns. While a learner might briefly wonder if it means 'photography of fine art objects,' the overall sense of 'photographic work intended as art' is predictable for a B1 learner who knows the parts.

Etymology

Fine art photography comes from artists using the camera like painters: they wanted fine art, work that shows their personal view, and used photography to make images, not to 'record facts' or 'sell things'. So 'fine art photography' means photos made mainly as an artist's own expression rather than for news or ads.