Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What is fine art photography?
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:05:58 -0500

George Lottermoser related the following passage from some dictionary:

> 2.a. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors,
> forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the
> sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in
> a graphic or plastic medium. b. The study of these activities. c.
> The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered
> as a group.
>
> 3. High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of
> beauty; aesthetic value.

I am so sick of people constantly mistaking "aesthetics" for "beauty".
You'd think that those working on the staff of a dictionary would know
better!

M.

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