Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that the point is let see some of you photos. Your photo selection will tell us more about you than all of the words that you write. And of course you could always got to IRC which would be Newnet #leica which usually has five to ten persons on it during the US day. Kit McChesney writes:|| And guess what? It isn't always necessary to BE a photographer to TALK about | photography. That's the old line that most of the silliest artists always | throw around. One doesn't need to be an artist to be an art historian. Some | are both (I count myself in that lot), but not all are. Some of the best | stuff written about photography was not penned by photographers, and a lot | of absolute schlock was written and said by people who were great | photographers and artists, but were lousy writers. Many artists have no idea | what they're doing, how their work fits in the cultural/historical timeline. | It sometimes takes people who actually have studied history to be able to | make a sane statement about an artist's work. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html