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Abstraction of the real


 
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Examples
1Abstraction of the real
Patterns
2Abstraction of the real: Repetition
3Abstraction of the real: Irregularity
4Abstraction of the real: Round
Colour
5Abstraction of the real: Colour
Photographers
6Wilson A. Bentley: Photomicrographs of snowflakes
7Wilson A. Bentley: Frost
8Berenice Abbott: Science
9Aaron Siskind: Chicago
10Aaron Siskind: Gloucester
11Toni Schneiders: Form
12Josef Sudek: Glass Labyrinths
13Peter Keetman: Abstraction of the real
14Ludwig Windstosser: Abstraction of the real
15Elsa Thiemann: Abstractions of the real
16Mario Giacomelli: On Being Aware of Nature (Presa di coscienza sulla natura)
17Brett Weston: Abstraction of the real
18Lucien Clergue: Language of the sands (Langage des sables)
19Michael Jackson: Poppit Sands (2007-)
20Michael Wolf: Architecture of Density

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