Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:08 PM 9/9/2003 -0400, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: >... > > Ability to spot a moment in a child's life? Holy God! He spotted a cute > > kid, framed nicely, and shot - as she seemed to wave him off. It's a > > nice shot - but "fearless use of distortion?" What the +_#$)*(#%*&# are > > you talking about. As I believe I have stated before - what pathetic art > > school bullshit. > > >Just like that. Spotted a cute kid who wasn't cute. Her hair was a disheveled >mess. She was no beauty. The photographer, using a WA lens, nevertheless >emphasized her face, which is what the image is about. You missed everything. >I respectfully suggest that you cool down the rhetoric and really read the >English and look at the photograph carefully. Count to a million. Then >post. You >might have something insightful to say about the photo instead of demeaning >someone else. >... I think both interpretations are valid :-) Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, nothing more, but if the beholder chooses to assign meanings, they may have a point too. Thus begins the eternal struggle between critics, viewers, and the artists. Personally, on this one, I have to agree with BD. Not that it matters :-) // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> <http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html