“Photo-Based Art” is where you start with a photo and then do something to it/with it to turn it into a different kind of art.  Some of Chris’ digital artwork is of this type, where he will start with a photograph he’s taken, and then turn it into a different image using a computer program that’s written, etc.

My photos below, though are not photo-based art. Rather, they are photos based on art. I took them at the Pompidou museum in Paris, using as my starting point for each photo a piece of an artwork I liked.  These photos don’t really show off the artworks, though. Instead,  I was tempted/inspired to try to creatively use a little bit of the artwork as the subject of my photo.

“Photo based art”, then, instead of “photo-based art”. See what you think.