Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> "Art photographers... unlike journalists and publicity photographers...cannot > find excuses and alibis in the specific demands of a profession...," but, > "because it is impossible to apply traditional aesthetic language to it, > photographic creation is difficult to define as such." In part because (following Barthes) photography does not constitute a "language" as does painting for example, but rather a "half-language"..... and therein lies much of it's power, if you will, brought about by the ambiguity of this half-language. Tim A - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html