Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I liked the commentary on how he described himself as an amateur, as his work was "created outside the recognized categories." I take that the categories were that of socialist realism, a State sanctioned methodological form expression not too dissimilar from our own current Corporate Monumentalism. Slobodan Dimitrov Tim Atherton wrote: > > > And PLEASE, do some spotting! All that dust and hair and stuff gives me > > the feeling that you really don't care about your pictures. If you > > don't care , why should I? > > > > Take a look at some Boris Mikhailov work... > > http://www.theglobalist.com/photo/saltlake/mikhailov.shtml > > http://www.partobject.com/mikhailov/bm_ex1.html > > As one esteemed Lugger has said of them: > > > The reproduction does not do the fantastic ugliness of the prints, with > > their blown highlights, scratches and dust-clods, justice. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html