Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/08

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Subject: RE: [Leica] #$@%$^ art photographers
From: "Emos Houzob" <emos_houzob@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 04:43:47 +0000

>I am very fortunate to have a little money to travel.  I have seen much 
>art, and photography and do agree with  statement below. Much of the good 
>photographs are not taken here I think. Actually much of the pictures we 
>discuss in magazine, and best books show pictures taken outside of US.  My 
>favourite book lately Agent Orange by Phillip Jones was shot in Vietnam.  
>There is something artistic about the ugly truth of the pictures.  But I 
>now see one thing, money dominates what is acceptable.  It is who makes the 
>most money the best photographers?    I do not know.  Can someone say if 
>there is a place for artistic photographs.  Should we do everything in life 
>artistic way?  Define art for me?  I might not know.

Emos


> > As it is with artists it must be with art photographers - 95 % ara bad
> > and fake - 5 % are good - 0,05% are brilliant of only 0,005% of the
> > brillian makes a profit while they live
> >
>
>As it is with art photographers, so it is with photographers, only even 
>more
>so... up the ante to start at 98.5% are bad and take it from there.
>
>One of the great difficulties with photography is we are bombarded 24hrs a
>day with bad and banal photography - so much dross it's hard to notice what
>is of value....
>
>tim
>
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