Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: LUGPhoto Quotes To Brighten Your Day
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 22:56:12 -0400
References: <B5DDA6A0.1C6AB%ewelch@flashcom.net>

I always thought that Sontag was one of those people who laid out her
arguments very logically and thoughtfully, and in the end was still wrong.

"On Photography" made an interesting companion to John Szarkowski's
"Photography Until Now".  Both seem to say that traditional attributes for
judging photographs like composition and style were no longer valid.  To
succeed a photograph need only be interesting.  They seem to invalidate any
attempts to create Art with a camera.

Mike D

In reply to: Message from Eric Welch <ewelch@flashcom.net> ([Leica] Re: LUGPhoto Quotes To Brighten Your Day)