Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or Saturday in the stockyards with Patsy Cline.....:) BTW, if your photos don't have (imply?) social or political overtones, approved by the "art" crowd, they're certain to be dismissed by the critics of the 90s..... Be sure to get a "disenfranchised" person or persons, preferably of ambiguious gender/ethnicity, in front of those big rocks/trees! :) :)....relate their pain to the viewer through a verbose and unintelligible 'statement' at the entrance to the gallery, next to the vegetarian food and alcohol-free beverages (don't want to 'tempt' the A.A. folks, ya know...) Some 'suffering artist' folk music might help out, too.... Photos of simple beauty may offend those who ain't got no beauty to look at, ya know, man? (only the rich have beauty, and they ain't gonna let us look at their shit, ya know.....) If there's anyone out there who takes this post seriously and is offended, then you're stupider than I thought.....don't prove it by responding.... :) :) :) Walt On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Other than these intelligent impressions isn't this a city folk verses > country folk conflict of outlook? > HCB = City = Paris etc. > Adams Weston = country = National Parks, Mexican Country, SW etc. > They should all get along. > What if you could get a nice shot of the Grand Canyon from the top of > the Eiffel Tower? I would call that photo Op numero uno! All those big > rocks with little Parisans with umbrellas and monkeys in the forground! > Sorry > Mark Rabiner > Sunday in the Park with Ansel >