Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:36:52 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote : I like to take photographs; I don't like to read about them. There are a few names I recognize, but I'm not a great worshiper of other photographers. No two photographers are the same, and while I admire the work of others, that doesn't mean that looking at their work would necessarily make mine any better. It's a matter of talent, not imitation. ######## I disagree totally with you. In all the domains of art, imitation is the first step to genious or, more generally, to elaborate a personal style (see Picasso and the african masks ; HCB and Atget) If you have no artistic culture, you'll be a horse (= un "bourrin" in french). Period. For instance, when I see Vermeer's paintings I educate my eyes because the treatment of the light is so magnificent ! Dominique Pellissier