Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:42 AM 4/27/98 -0400, you wrote: >good picture. i.e., a "good" picture is one that satisfies the >photographer's concept and purpose rearding what he is doing in the moment >(of image capture). I agree with you.In addition, success is when the photograph does what it's intended to do. I think Mapplethorpe and Witkin's pictures do that - they shock and disgust many of us. But I wouldn't call them good. Successful, not good. The difference is significant. >For the more analytically minded may I suggest the following reference of >ours: FORMS OF VALUE AND VALUATION , Edited by Edwards and Davis, Thanks, that sounds like something for the Summer reading list. :-) ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert Einstein