Joseph Mallord William Turner (Londres; 1775 ndash; 1851)A 15 ans; Turner exposait deacute;jagrave; une Vue de Lambeth. Il acquit tregrave;s tocirc;t la reacute;putation dun aquarelliste extrecirc;mement habile. Disciple de Girtin et de Cozens; il montra par son choix et la faccedil;on de preacute;senter ses thegrave;mes une imagination pittoresque qui semblait le destiner agrave; une brillante carriegrave;re dillustrateur. Il voyagea; dabord dans son pays natal et puis; agrave; plusieurs occasions; en France; dans la valleacute;e du Rhin; en Suisse et en Italie. Son inteacute;recirc;t commenccedil;a toutefois agrave; deacute;passer le cadre de lillustration : lideacute;al du paysage lyrique; dominant et inspirateur; se faisait jour; mecirc;me dans des oeuvres ougrave; nous sommes tenteacute;s de ne voir rien dautre quune imagination pittoresque. Son choix dun unique maicirc;tre du passeacute; est eacute;loquent; eacute;tudiant en profondeur toutes les toiles du Lorrain quil put trouver en Angleterre; les copiant et les imitant avec une extraordinaire perfection. Il ne se deacute;partit jamais de son culte pour le grand peintre. Il voulut que son Lever du soleil agrave; travers la vapeur soit placeacute; agrave; la National Gallery aux cocirc;teacute;s de deux chefs-doeuvre du Lorrain ; et cest lagrave; que nous pouvons les y voir et juger du bien-fondeacute; de ce fier et splendide hommage. Ce nest quen 1819 que Turner se rendit en Italie; pour y retourner en 1829 et 1840. Sans aucun doute; Turner y ressentit des eacute;motions et y trouva des sujets de recirc;verie quil transcrivit plus tard; dans les termes de son propre geacute;nie; en symphonies de lumiegrave;re et de couleurs. La logique de la raison ne compte pas aux yeux de cette imagination nordique. Mais aucun Latin naurait posseacute;deacute; cette autre logique; monstrueuse agrave; son goucirc;t; propre agrave; lAnglais consumeacute; par un recirc;ve solitaire et royal; indeacute;finissable et plein de merveilles; qui lui permettait dabolir les frontiegrave;res entre la vie (mecirc;me la sienne) et les images quil creacute;ait.Le recirc;ve du Latin; quil soit veacute;nitien ou franccedil;ais; est un recirc;ve de bonheur; agrave; la fois heacute;roiuml;que et humain. Lardeur y est tempeacute;reacute;e par la meacute;lancolie; et lombre y lutte avec la lumiegrave;re. La meacute;lancolie; mecirc;me sous la forme ougrave; elle apparaicirc;t dans la creacute;ation eacute;nigmatique et profonde dAlbrecht Duuml;rer; na pas sa place dans le monde feacute;erique et changeant de Turner : quelle place aurait-elle dans un recirc;ve cosmique ? Lhumaniteacute; est absente; sauf peut-ecirc;tre sous la forme de personnages de theacute;acirc;tre que nous regardons agrave; peine. Une peinture de Turner nous fascine; et pourtant nous ne pensons agrave; rien de preacute;cis; rien dhumain ; seulement agrave; des couleurs inoubliables et aux spectres qui hantent nos imaginations. En reacute;aliteacute;; lhumaniteacute; ne linspire que lorsquelle est lieacute;e agrave; lideacute;e de mort; mais dune mort eacute;trange; une dissolution lyrique ndash; comme le finale dun opeacute;ra.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Another traveling photographer suggests a good read...By Michael RoachId finished reading The Traveling Photographer by Sandra Petrowitz but I had not yet begun to write about it when I was sitting in a coffee shop with friends when one pulled out his phone to pass to me to show me the pictures of the weather he had encountered the previous weekend on a shopping trip out of town. Snow; ice; cars off the road and broken trees abounded. My second friend reciprocated with a quick draw of his phone to show pictures of his sons wedding done just the week previous to that one when the weather was sunshine and sparkling and in the mid 80s.I was thinkingmdash;first that this is Texas where the weather can change in the blink of an eye; and second that it seems that everyone is a photographer today with their phones and tablets with camerasmdash;even if they left their point-and-shoot or more potent DSLR at home. The camera is everywhere. The snapshot is ubiquitous. The final thought that came to me was that as a somewhat aesthetically judgmental photographer; maybe I could pass out copies of The Traveling Photographer to upgrade the quality of my friends images. Having been a photographer for much more than forty years and a photography teacher for thirty three of them I well know that the possession of a camera does not guarantee the aesthetic quality of an image. The cameras today are smart enough to correctly expose most of the time; but none yet have a button or menu item to guarantee a well-designed image with a real story-telling quality. The snapshot is still very much with us.The old days of spending the evening at a neighbors house looking at slides of a vacation are long gone by almost twenty years; now everyone is ready to show their pictures of vacations or the new baby in the blink of an eye and the whipping out of their phone or tablet. Most of the images havent gotten better; just smaller; and design has suffered more in the transition.Rocky Nook Publishing sent me a review copy of The Traveling Photographer by Sandra Petrowitz. Sandra is a journalist and editor who specializes in nature; travel; environmental; and other photraphy-related topics. As a passionate traveler who has made journeys from the Sahara to the Himalayas; and from Patagonia to the Okavango Delta she has produced a beautifully illustrated volume that is full of wonderfully story-telling images of far off places and then loaded that same book with comments and information to improve the images made by the beginning and intermediate photographer who chooses to seek to improve the quality of their travel photography.The professional photographer will admire her images and respond to her commentary with "hellip;yes; thats the way to do it;" but the casual photographer and traveler will respond with "hellip;that makes sense; why havent I done that to make stronger images?" Her logical and clear cut advice on such things as concentrating on details and looking for the graphic qualities of a scene (and giving and showing examples); will lead the traveler to a more elegant and story-telling approach and move well beyond the simple "I was there" image. Camera height and camera angle and the basics of eye movement and good design are explored to move the traveler beyond the mundane; flat; lined-against-the wall approach of the two dimensional image. This can show the depth and richness of the world when seen with an eye to intriguing the viewer and making that viewer aware of the scale and richness potential of a scene.Hints on composition; suitable equipment (by characteristics rather than by particular brand); storing of camera gear and the protection and transport of image files are all subjects she introduces with a sufficent depth to get the traveling photographer more comfortable with the idea that they can bring home quality images from their travels and move beyond the snapshot stage.I have two friends who are about to receive copies of The Traveling Photographer as gifts; so its obvious that I recommend it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful If You Travel With A Camera!By AnnieFinally a book that really tells me how to shoot non-touristy traveling pictures! Other books touch on this but this gives tons of information and fun things to try! I was reading on a trip and will probably reread it to make sure I didnt miss something! A friend is going with me on an upcoming trip (she loves her camera; too) and told her she MUST buy it! :) I really love the pictures. Ms. Petrowitz does a good job of showing you what she is referring to in photos. Easy to understand and a must read for any level! Im seeing the world with a new eyes thanks to this book!1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Excellen book for the travelling photographerBy POPOLOI have read many books about this matter. I think that this is one of the best. Ms Petrowitz knows her business very well and also is a very good photographer. I recommend this book without hesitation.
