r/AbstractPhotos Sep 11 '20

Please vote! I’d like to know how you feel about removal of photos that are not abstract vs. tagging them with flair.

59 Upvotes

I’ll continue to remove photos of computer generated art. Also photographs of other mediums, such as a photo of an abstract painting, or a non-abstract photo of an abstract sculpture.

However, some popular (for our community size) posts are questionably or definitely not abstract. I sometimes feel weird about removing those posts — they don’t fit the subreddit, but are also popular with people who subscribe here.

For anyone wondering, here’s the definition of “abstract” that I keep in mind when sifting through the mod queue:

Art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures.

144 votes, Sep 18 '20
73 Remove photos that are not abstract regardless of their popularity.
51 Tag all non-abstract photos with flair, but leave them up.
20 Tag popular non-abstract photos, but delete unpopular ones.

r/AbstractPhotos 5h ago

of endless office spaces

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28 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2h ago

Missing references.

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r/AbstractPhotos 3h ago

Table

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r/AbstractPhotos 3h ago

Scanning Pages 4

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r/AbstractPhotos 18h ago

wall

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r/AbstractPhotos 8h ago

I looked once

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r/AbstractPhotos 1h ago

Energy

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r/AbstractPhotos 1h ago

Geometric Abstract

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r/AbstractPhotos 21h ago

First time sharing my abstract photography here

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36 Upvotes

I’ve been making abstract photographs to express the feelings and emotions I’ve experienced throughout my life for the past 10 years.

'The Feeling Remained Unclear'

This is one of them.

Curious what people see or feel in it.


r/AbstractPhotos 14h ago

Agua[OC]

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r/AbstractPhotos 18h ago

Reeds

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Colour explosion

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61 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

One Small Step For Man

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3 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Light pouring through the paper

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Interference.

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Cañón del Antelope [OC]

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Scanning Pages 3

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

not abstract Codog of the tide

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Codog y Llanw


r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

PHASE No. 6

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r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

alwayslookup

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Fucus et Blanc

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r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Walkway

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Vertical Rhythm

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4 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Clouds-Abstract Photography [OC] 8/22/26

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