Group Radius 0.3 Manifesto

The name of this Group is derived from a filter setting of the Photoshop suite. It signifies to a large extent the possibilities of algorithmic transformation of the photographic image, which is an important element in the work of members of this Group.

The chief object of the Group is to present in frequent CSLR Challenges what it considers the best contemporary photoshoppery of the West; in addition to the showing of the work of its members, it will include JPEGs from other photoshppers who evidence tendencies in their work similar to that of the Group.

Group Radius 0.3 is not pretending to cover the entire spectrum of bitmap editing or to indicate through its selection of members any deprecating opinion of the photoshoppers who are not included in its Challenges. There are great number of serious workers in bitmap editing whose style and technique does not relate to the metier of the Group.

Group Radius 0.3 limits its members and invitational names to those workers who are striving to define bitmap editing as an art form by simple and direct presentation thru Canon DSLR capture and pure algoritmic editing methods. The Group will show no work at any time that does not conform to its standards of pure photoshopping. Pure photoshopping is defined as possessing no qualities of technique, composition or idea, derivative of any other art form, unless we like it. The production of the "f.64 member," on the other hand, indicates a devotion to principles of art which are directly related to photography.

The members of Group Radius 0.3 believe that photoshopping, as an art form, must develop along lines defined by the actualities and limitations of the Adobe release schedule, and must always remain independent of ideological conventions of art and aesthetics (except, of course, for the Rule of Thirds) that are reminiscent of a period and culture antedating availability of adequate RAM for personal computers.

The Group will appreciate information regarding any serious work in photoshopping that has escaped its attention, and is favorable towards establishing itself as a Forum of Modern Photoshopping.