Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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 > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Don’t worry if your Inbox will max out while you are enjoying the holidays. Get MSN Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html