Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hi Tim, > > I agree that I was a bit too hasty when I included the > "uninteresting things" > comment. You are right, many great photographs have been made of > seemingly banal > objects or scenes. After all, one of my favorite photographers is > Martin Parr > who has taken banality to an art form. But his images are > technically exquisite. precisely! - I'm not sure why I missed out Parr > What I was objecting to are the images that are technically > inferior without any > thematic justification for disregarding technique. > > As for size, I have nothing against big prints, I certainly enjoy > them, but a > big print of puke on the ground is not better than a small print > of puke on the > ground. yes, we do pretty much agree on this... tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html