Is it art? Maybe not. Like my "2636" picture ( please click here to see it), "1167" is an abstract-like piece of photography. In both cases, I made mistakes with the camera settings before pressing the shutter trigger. I end up with a folder of normal-looking shots, and then one of these periodical nonsensical pieces. I'm starting to like them a lot.
Most true abstract art, however, has some foundation in a logical progression from a real shape and form that leads to abstraction. Sometimes the path is based on shape, design, and colour, sometimes it is guided by the necessities of the medium. Usually, the artist can point to a series of decisions to create the piece (perhaps fuelled by drugs or altered sensory states, or even the paranormal), but the means of creation remains within the bounds of the ability of the artist.
Pictures like "1167" may have visual appeal, but they are also accidental. If you believe in determinism, then Fate is the artist, I am the delivery mechanism, and life is the artistic medium. Otherwise, no matter how pretty the picture, accidental forms are not abstract art.
(What on earth is this picture, anyways? If you need to know, it's a crowd shot from the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies, with the wrong aperture and shutter settings as well as a blown focus.)
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