Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I feel that this thread should be somehow preserved. Has anyone compiled all this information for reference? I never would have ever seen any of the work mentioned and it is all out there for viewing, if you can find it!! As one person I have little resources available to root out all the great work, but as a group it is quite possible to do so. the only thing I have to say about "cutting edge" photography is I'm sure I wouldn't recognize it if I saw it. At 03:29 PM 12/5/2007, you wrote: >Alec Soth indeed is. >Strange Phil didn't post it to the forum directly. >Thanks for reposting, >Philippe > > > >Op 5-dec-07, om 19:37 heeft Lottermoser George het volgende geschreven: > >>On Dec 5, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Phil Swango wrote: >>>I saw this elsewhere and thought it was relevant to the thread. >>> >>>http://www.newsweek.com/id/73349 >> >>An interesting read. The author seems to have some bias ;~) >> >>Phil also posted the following off list. I found it thoughtful and >>rich with Photographer references worth follow up by those interested. >>I reprint here with his permission: >> >>"George, I've given you question a little thought and am having >>trouble responding because I'm not sure how to parse "cutting edge" >>in this context. I have links to the academic fine arts >>photography community here in New Mexico and my daughter is a >>recent graduate of the UNM program. I have a friend who works for >>Joel-Peter Witkin, etc. I went back to the PhotoEye site but I >>don't think the emphasis there is so much on new or novel or edgy >>as what's currently hot, and that could include older photogs as >>well. Photogs who are getting a lot of attention right now are >>Jeff Wall, Alec Soth, Martin Parr, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca >>diCorsia, Reneke Dijkstra, Huger Foote, Uta Barthe, Gregory >>Crewdson, Bettina Rheims, Abelardo Morrell, Sylvia Plachy, Nikki S. >>Lee, Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison and many others. Alec Soth >>just produced this year's Magnum Fashion magazine (Paris >>Minnesota), which should be pretty cutting edge by the usual >>definition. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for though. >> >>There has been a pronounced tendency in art academia in recent >>years to de-emphasize what we called "art photography" in favor of >>the concept of using photography to make art in a variety of >>forms. Also to use photography to document conceptual works, etc. >>I recently had a chance to go through the archives of the late >>artist Robert Heinecken, who used photography extensively in his >>work but was not a photographer at all. Same could be said of Ed >>Ruscha, except that he did start out as a photographer. And many >>others. >> >>I still enjoy and am challenged by Wm. Eggleston, Stephen Shore, >>Wm. Christenberry, and other folks who were probably cutting edge >>back when they first emerged but are part of the art establishment >>now. >> >>If you can find it, I recommend a book by David Campany called "Art >>and Photography" (Phaidon, 2003). It's a survey of photography in >>the fine arts since the 1960s with intelligent commentary. My >>daughter used it as a textbook a couple of years ago. Probably >>everyone in it was called cutting edge at one time or another. ;-) " >> >>Regards, >>George Lottermoser >>george@imagist.com >>www.imagist.com >>Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049