Photography as an Expressive and Artistic Means

Conceptualization from free association. The unconscious as a fertile field of personal production

A course by Gerardo Montiel Klint , Photographer

Photographer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined January 2017
98% positive reviews (120)
2,992 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese

About the video: Conceptualization from free association. The unconscious as a fertile field of personal production

Overview

“I will start this lesson talking a little about free association and intertextuality as fundamental parts of creation and that will be the axis of this course. I will tell you a little about my approach to photography, personal creation and starting points through several series that I have created throughout my career.”

In this video lesson Gerardo Montiel Klint addresses the topic: Conceptualization from free association. The unconscious as a fertile field of personal production, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photography as an Expressive and Artistic Means. Learn the procedures and techniques of lighting, directing and post-production in order to create your own visual narrative.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we will talk about conceptualization from free association when I started taking pictures I asked myself this question I asked myself this question I had to see where the ideas came from where the images came out interested me a lot at that time Psychoanalytic theories I was interested in the unconscious and I made this parallel with the shadow so that there is Volume in a photograph We need light and shadow we need in this two-dimensional plane in this photograph Let there be depth if it is not a Flat surface completely we have always been told that photography is to work wi...”

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Course summary for: Photography as an Expressive and Artistic Means

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (120)
  • 2992 students
  • 5 units
  • 26 lessons (5h 46m)
  • 7 downloads
  • Category

    Photography & Video
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Art Direction, Fine-Art Photography, Lighting Design, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Photography Post-production, Studio Photography

Gerardo Montiel Klint

Gerardo Montiel Klint
A course by Gerardo Montiel Klint

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Gerardo Montiel Klint, born in Mexico City, studied industrial design at the Ibero-American University and is a photographer and member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte FONCA. He has received numerous awards including the Premio de Adquisición at the 11th and 13th edition of the Bienal de Fotografía in México.

His work has appeared in countless renowned art collections in the USA, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and many more. He has also taken part in both individual and group exhibitions in Mexico, Argentina, Hungary, Colombia, Brazil, the USA, Uruguay, France, Spain, Italy, Japan, and China. He is cofounder of Hydra, a networking and production platform for contemporary photography. He currently codirects the production and photography studio Klint & Photo, specialized in advertising, interior design, fashion, and portraiture.


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Photography as an Expressive and Artistic Means

A course by Gerardo Montiel Klint
Photographer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined January 2017
  • 98% positive reviews (120)
  • 2,992 students