Removing the anchor of a recognizable subject can leave some viewers wanting. However, for me, that’s precisely the allure of abstract photography

Lori D. Scott

About Benedict Brain

(Image credit: Marcus Hawkins)

Benedict Brain is a UK-based photographer, journalist and artist. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and sits on the society’s Distinctions Advisory Panel. He is also a past editor of Digital Camera Magazine, and the author of You Will be Able to Take Great Photos by The End of This Book.

As a photographer, I’ve long been drawn to the interplay of form, shape, texture, line and light – the ingredients of our visual world, if you like. Working with an ‘abstract’ hat on can be great for playing with these ideas. Rather than capturing the literal representation of a subject, working abstractly can invite the viewer to find beauty or meaning in unexpected places.

While I’ve always been interested in abstract photography, I don’t practice it much. However, during some recent research, I was reminded that early pioneers such as Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy and Aaron Siskind pushed the boundaries of the
medium, and this inspired me to think and photograph this way, too.

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