Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:02 PM 3/30/2006, you wrote: > And if you don't understand why some might consider it a >good image, possessing a number of the charcteritics that make street >photography worth looking at, then you have been spending far, far too much >time with the nut hatches, and not enough with people - particularly with >people aware of what's going on in the world around them. Oops. Maybe this is getting too close to the elite artists' statement that "if you don't understand my work it's your fault because you're so unenlightened" attitude. I love the Calvin and Hobbes strip on artists' statements. Different strokes for different folks. There's no reason wildlife photographers or landscape photographers or documentary photographers all have to like or appreciate the same thing. In fact, if they did, I'd be amazed. It's great to hear what everyone has to say, but it's also important to realize who they are and why they might have a different opinion. I've learned that the hard way. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com