Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]https://access.asc.upenn.edu/PhotographyFrameset.htm,DanaInfo=www.kellymcerl ean.com+ these are exactly the sort of photos that leave me banging my head wondering how i could have gotten so removed from art so as not to get it. i flip through book after book, stare at egglestons, and i just can't figure it out. all the serious galleries seem to be hanging photographs that co-opt many of the things that i've tried to purge from my own work -- stark, lonely snapshots that i wouldn't give a second look to were they in a pile of discards outside the wallmart, seemingly random images taken by seemingly random people. obviously kelly knows what he's doing, he has a boat load of awards and his presentation is lovely -- but i'm lost, out of touch, and i don't even have an idea where to turn to figure it out. i suddenly feel ... very old. and i wonder if some magazine editor said "we'd like you to do a bunch of photos in the style of these" -- i don't know if i could. maybe that's the secret i'm missing ... maybe that's it. -- confused in america http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/m7/