Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Zen that can be described with words is not real Zen. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 09. syyskuuta 2000 3:26 Aihe: [Leica] sontag, etc. >>[snip] >> >>There does seem to be an anti-intellectual trend to the LUG at times, I >>wonder why? Not that I count myself as an intellectual or artist, whatever. >>Actually, I find Diane Arbus' comment more self-consciously oracular than >>Sontag's. >>Rob. >>Robert Appleby > > >i think you hit the nail on the head, robert: there is indeed an >anti-intellectual trend here on the lug. it's evident in the strong >resistance to serious discussion about theories of photography, art >photography, art in general, etc. every time one of these subjects come up, >a chorus of voices chime in about how worthless it is, how the public has >been duped by it, and how foolish are those who might actually find some >value in it. i personally find this unfortunate because there is much to be >learned (both about the issue at hand as well as about each other) in the >exchange of ideas generated by such discussions. > >imo, the idea of dismissing someone like susan sontag (or roland barthes, >or nobuyoshi araki) with no more than a comment like 'he/she don't know >shit about photography' or 'his/her book/work made me want to puke' is >sophomoric and self-deprecating, and says more about the one making the >comment than the one who is commented on (about whom it actually says >nothing). it reminds me of the high school students who think shakespeare >(or bach, or mondrian) sucks because they personally don't get anything out >of it. they're right, the rest of the world is wrong, and that's that. > >guy