Wabi-Sabi in Photography: The Art of Imperfection

[@nucamma]

❤❤❤❤❤, expression of art thru imperfections, I luv it

[@rdhphoto1]

Wow I’ve been photographing for decades before digital and loved the happy mistakes and then using them with purpose in later image making not knowing that what I was doing was the Wabi - Sabi. Thank you for the educational video.

[@pleinaire8698]

The happy accidents make wabi-sabi tremendously exciting for me as a landscape oil painter!❤

[@fromlight2art985]

I imagine it does, keep up the inspiration! I feel the same way about photography ;)

[@Healthshieldbydrz]

Very creative , I will be proud to be the man of imperfections 😃😃

[@fromlight2art985]

Thank you Alex, you put the Perfect in Imperfections ;)) !

[@jrrd997]

Ty for providing the inspiration :) The Kintsugi bit is fascinating.

[@markgoostree6334]

I think every roll of film I've shot since 1960 had frames that qualify for this category of photography!! Never knew that what I thought was my poor photography had a name! Now I need to go through sixty years of prints and negatives to see what I can put together. I have kept EVERYTHING!!

[@fromlight2art985]

Please put them together!

[@prashanthm4641]

Nice video!! Deserves more views!!!

[@fromlight2art985]

I completely agree Prashanth!! Please share and help me get it out there 😉😉☺

[@Chickboom34]

Love it!

[@normapadro420]

Wow. I threw out a few photographs many years ago thinking they were no good. If I had known that they would be ok just as they were I would have kept them. Society said they were junk. Even the ones that were low light. I found the beauty in those, because they were so beautiful when I turned them into black, and white. I had my ways of changing things.😮 I won't delete anything again since they have value.😊

[@fromlight2art985]

They always have value, as long as they're not duplicates ;) even if just to record and document thoughts, moments, or experiments which may inspire something else down the line.

[@zlatkozarin5106]

Bravo , extra video ...

[@michaeldodds2722]

This is a difficult genre for me to get my head around as I've always been strong in creating symmetry and organised composition.

[@fromlight2art985]

Symmetry and good composition should be ingrained first before you are truly able to reproduce your mistakes 😉

[@FrankReiter]

If that’s the style you love, run with it!

[@sameeralazawee7524]

Thank you

[@latetodagame1892]

Does Tow Mater represent Wabi Sabi Guacamole'?

[@michaels7889]

Interesting, but ... I fail to see the Japanese interpretation of WabiSabi in most of the photography. It lacks the psychological and intellectual subtleties.

[@fromlight2art985]

Thank you Micheal for your feedback! It is true that there is a depth to the Japanese interpretation of Wabi-Sabi which the photographs only scratch the surface of ;) Hopefully, it is enough though to give some inspiration on how imperfections can lead to unexpected beauty in the creative process.👍

[@angelinoschintu]

Yes, it's an interesting concept, but I think it's more a concept than anything else. It's a fanciful idea. I've been in Japan for more than 30 years. The Japanese have no interest in anything that is not perfect. They will not spend money on anything that's imperfect. I have a cockatoo that I rescued here. And she has one foot missing for some reason. We tried to rehome her, but couldn't because the Japanese don't want an imperfect thing. I love things that are not perfect because that's the way of the world. And so in my photography, that's exactly what I look for. You want to call it wabi-sabi? Fine, but it's not a Japanese thing at all.

[@monktv4090]

Pimples and freckles on the face of a person

[@lr4687]

WabiSabi is neither a philosophy nor a concept nor a set of tecniques, nor susceptible to definition.

[@chriscard6544]

thank you