A BRIEF CONCEPT IN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

Abstract

Abstrak
Di Malaysia, tidak terdapat banyak perbincangan tentang landskap fotografi dan tidak ramai juru gambar
yang berkemahiran dalam bidang ini. Penyelidikan ini menggunakan analisis kandungan dan analisis foto
daripada sumber yang berlainan termasuk monograf, buku, dan jurnal. Esei pendek ini menerangkan
pengaruh seni Zen terhadap landskap foto, dan perkembangannya di Barat. Ia juga menerangkan
secara ringkas tentang sejarah landskap fotografi di Malaysia. Selain daripada itu, esei ini tidak berhasrat
untuk menerangkan semua teknik dan konsep landskap fotogafi, tetapi saya cuba menghubungkaitkan
pengalaman saya dalam landskap fotografi dan mengintegrasi teori fotografi dalam penciptaan landskap
foto. Kesimpulan kajian ini menunjukkan ramai landskap jurugambar telah memperkembangkan konsep
mereka daripada ideologi dan sumber lain seperti lukisan dan falsafah. Tiada pengaruh Zen atau Gestalt
dalam landskap fotografi Lambert dan Thompson ditemui.

Abstract
There are not much discussions on landscape photography and also not many photographers in Malaysia
specialize in this genre. The research uses content analysis and pictoral analysis from many sources,
including monographs, books and journals. This short essay explains the influence of Zen art on landscape
photos, and the development of landscape photos in the west. It also briefly explains history of landscape
photography in Malaysia. Furthermore, this short essay does not aim to explain all the techniques and
concepts of landscape photography, but I try to relate to my own experience in landscape photography
and other integrated photograhic theories in making landscape photo. The conclusion of this study
indicates that many landscape photographers develop their concepts from the previous ideas and also
from other sources such as painting and philosophy. There are no Zen or Gestalt influences on Lambert
and Thompson’s landscape photographies found.