[Leica] WAS David Seymour on NPR..NOW; UNDER THE WEIRD PHOTOS

[jwlee01 at gmail.com (John Lee)]

Sounds like a twist on "The Emperor's New Clothes."
-- John

On 3/24/06, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
> It does seem many of us have similar feelings toward this "magazine!" ;-)
>
> Notice I didn't say, "photography magazine." ;-)
>
> However, in Ottawa, the seat of the government, read whatever you wish in
> "seat" when it's used with government. ;-) A major photo exhibition was
> funded by said government with a grand opening party held with great fan
> fare, wine, cheese, BS speeches and all the notable "arteests" in
> attendance.
>
> Of course a number of "working paying our taxes photographers" were also
> invited. But as a clan we stayed close together as we walked the gallery
> examining the "works of art?" While attempting to keep our mouths shut and
> anger levels in low gear at what we were looking at in these great works of
> "art!" :-(
>
> And the exhibition was?
>
> The work of photographers who saved the first frames from a loading 
> wherever
> the camera was pointing as they advanced and shot the first few frames.
>
> Floors, trunks of cars with gear bags, empty film boxes, near naked models
> in fashion shoots. These were a "big hit,wink,;-) wink;-)." Quite an 
> amazing
> collection of junk that we mere mortals would clip and throw after film
> drying and sleeving the negs.
>
> But these guys got the crazy idea first of all as a joke to present it as 
> an
> "art piece exhibition" to the curator of the government photo gallery. The
> curator thought it a magnificent concept and bought into it hook line and
> sinker!
>
> Cost? Hell who knows, but it was in the multi thousands of dollars for
> expenses of flying people in for this "most unusual and imaginative works 
> of
> art?" :-(
>
> We the working stiff tax paying photographers were livid to say the least
> knowing all this money was being spent on a great big pile of "merde!" One
> of our better known rabble rousing colleagues, after several glasses of 
> wine
> finally
> lost it and went after the curator loud and clear telling her exactly what
> he thought of her extravagant waste of his tax dollars and that of other
> working photographers.
>
> One might say the curator was more than slightly embarrassed at this
> outrages rogue haranguing her in front of  "art friends who always gave the
> impression the curator walked on water with her photographic art
> brilliance!" :-)
>
> We, the working guys, stood back and smiled with a sort of satisfaction
> knowing someone had the guts to take her on and call it what it really 
> was..
> "A big pile of merde!" ;-) I you do not know the meaning of this word, then
> think bowel movement! ;-)
>
> So the concept of the LUG crew doing something similar between ourselves is
> a neat idea simply because it's a game that can be fun for all. Although it
> may make afew of us dust off teh "film Leica" to produce images. ;-)
>
> And lets not have anybody take this seriously, keep it a fun thing!  And if
> anyone does take it seriously then there's an idiot amongst us!  On the 
> LUG?
> Never old chap and chapettes! ;-) Damn poor sport you know. ;-)
>
> Of course never on the LUG! ;-)
>
> ted
>
>
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