Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Colour photography is a very difficult expressive medium as colours have strong psychological effects and popular colour preferences are constantly shifting. These factors tended to overwhelm the subject and the artist. For years no one thought serious colour work was possible. Eggleston changed that. John Collier > From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com> > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:37:43 -0800 > Subject: RE: [Leica] Eggleston cameras > > But what really caught my eye on that page > was the following line from the introduction: > "He has also come to utilize the potential of color to the full, seeing it > as a fundamental feature of perception." > Now imagine that - color is a fundamental feature of perception! Gee, I > never ever realized that. I wonder if he was the first person in the > history of perception to have this breathtaking insight. No shit, Sherlock! > Is it any wonder that people get all squinty-eyed when "artists" or their > representatives start talking about art? >