http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk Tue, 01 May 2012 20:56:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/to-the-point http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/to-the-point#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 20:56:06 +0000 malcolm http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/?p=727 Continue Reading]]> http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/to-the-point/feed 0 http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/upcoming-show-2012 http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/upcoming-show-2012#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:46:35 +0000 malcolm http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/?p=694 Continue Reading]]> http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/upcoming-show-2012/feed 0 http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/why-do-we-make-photographs http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/why-do-we-make-photographs#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:30:22 +0000 admin http://www.malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/?p=641 Continue Reading]]> To record

Man has been making images for thousands of years. The earliest images are to be found in cave paintings. These were made by Cro-magnon man around 32,000 years ago. Our ancestors date back beyond six million years, and from around three million years we have evidence of tool use extending through to only one million years when they discovered how to use fire as a tool.

This suggests that the early humans would probably gather around a fire for social interaction and security. We can surmise that a sharing of information went on and that some image making would be involved in this process.

Now there are millions of images made each day, so why would anyone want to add to this stock pile. We cannot view every one, nor would we wish to.

The image has to say something to the viewer, but first it must catch the eye and be interesting enough for the viewer to consider its meaning.

The fact is we are making images for a multitude of of reasons, some for commercial activities, others for scientific purposes. Artists such as myself purely to articulate how we view the world and to comment on it in our own way. Deep down we are preserving memories, not just of significant people or events, but of the everyday minutia, images that we might disregard as unimportant can be accessed later reminding us of a pertinent detail long forgotten in our busy lives.]]> http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/why-do-we-make-photographs/feed 0 http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/shortly-about-me http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/shortly-about-me#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:31:18 +0000 admin http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/?p=275 Continue Reading]]> http://malcolmmacdonald-fineart.co.uk/shortly-about-me/feed 0