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Alain Briot

Alain Briot

Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.

The Language of Art Part 5 - Mythology

Introduction In the first essay in this series, I presented several situations in which a lack of knowledge of the artist’s referent led to an...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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September 12, 2023

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10 minutes read


The Language Of Art Part 4 - The Referent

We need words to make things real. When something is given a specific name, it becomes tangible, identifiable, and unique Alain Briot Introduction In my...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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August 17, 2023

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14 minutes read


The Language of Art Part 3 - The Lexicon

Introduction In all languages, the lexicon comprises grammar and vocabulary. What differs between languages are the elements of the grammar and vocabulary used by each...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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June 26, 2023

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10 minutes read


The Language of Art Part 2 - Languages

  Languages It is tempting to think of languages as being only verbal languages and of the differences between verbal languages as being the different...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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May 9, 2023

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12 minutes read


The Language Of Art - Part 1

Introduction A large number of photographers and art aficionados believe that art can mean anything the viewer wants.  They believe that art can be interpreted...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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March 27, 2023

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Photographic Flexibility

My Current Approach To Landscape Photography Artists do not discriminate art on the basis of the tools used to create the work. Alain Briot It...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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March 2, 2023

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What Is Art

Introduction This essay consists of a series of short statements whose goal is to describe what I believe art is.  These statements are summaries that...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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January 25, 2023

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Transforming Reality Part 3 - Field Work Changes

Introduction We have seen how my processing, my workflow, has changed over the years.  What about my field work?  What changes have taken place between...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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November 16, 2022

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13 minutes read