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 15m ago

Gristmill Reflected

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r/AbstractPhotos 17h ago

of the end of life

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37 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 16h ago

Sinuosidades[OC]

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16 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 12h ago

September

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3 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Frames and Progressions.

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63 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 22h ago

Frame

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r/AbstractPhotos 20h ago

Blight

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Molten Geometry

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6 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 15h ago

Shore

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Life in the Abyss

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18 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

ITAP of a puddle

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Palette Smoosh

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r/AbstractPhotos 1d ago

Veta de Árbol Kauri [OC]

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r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Car mirror

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11 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Glistening Form

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12 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

not abstract seeking a friend for the end of the world

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r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Sunset

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4 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Stardust (Morning Glory)

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26 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

2

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4 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Reflectors

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3 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Tattered pages of history

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8 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Energía en Movimiento [OC]

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14 Upvotes

r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Reflective Bar

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2 Upvotes

Photoshop was not used. I used reflections to make the effect.


r/AbstractPhotos 2d ago

Abstract twinkling

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17 Upvotes