The Discussion Of The Importance Of Creative Logic In Conceptual Photography

"Did the egg come first, or the chicken?"is a debate topic which has been concentrated by people for longtime. Actually, this is a proposition which talking about interior relationship of cause and effect. Equally, there is a similar proposition exist in conceptual art of public art which reflect the urban and mass culture, such as conceptual photography which both have ideological connotation and aesthetics. So, what kind of relationship between them in conceptual photography? It should be casual relationship---through inspiration from exterior world and producing ideology, and then acquiring suitable visual form and lens language which to abstract and demonstrate the ideological connotation.Currently, it is difficult for some photographers and students who are major in photography to describe the motives of ideas and concepts of their own works whether belong to external disturbance or not, just generating naturally. It seems to be a common phenomenon in conceptual photography which regard the ideological connotation as crucial aspect:Many people rarely to pay attention to" perception and understanding" which leads to lack the nutritive of inspirations, so the creative logic will be likely to occur deviation. Besides, due to the works of conceptual photography are presented by visual form, so it is likely to occur the strange phenomenon which visual form occur in advance and then emerge ideological connotation. The creation which is produced by the logic is no meaning for word "concept" of conceptual photography. If the birth of a work of conceptual photography is limited by visual form not ideological connotation, it has no spirit and vitality which just a ornate outer form. And it different from the aim of commercial photography which emphasize advertising and benefits and art photography which highlight visual effect and form. Thus, making out importance of casual relationship between spiritual connotation and form of art can help to explain the confusion for people in conceptual photography---what kind of original intention and logic are reasonable. In addition, the reasonable creative logic has edificatory meaning to people which make them realize the humanistic literacy, knowledge accumulation and ability of independent thinking are important to creation of art. In consequence, the proposition will be proved by those sections below in the thesis:the definition of conceptual art and conceptual photography, the status of development of conceptual photography in China and western countries, the effect of ideological connotation and visual language in conceptual photography, the differences of comprehension in creative logic and to analysis the creative methods of typical photographers and I. This article will has positive meaning for clearing the creative logic of conceptual photography and correcting improper creative thinking of some people which in the context of conceptual art.