Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, No, just halfway to exhaustion and only two brain cells firing today. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/25/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Don , was "Cistine Chapel" some kind of Freudian slip regarding the worth > of > the comments by the reviewer? (half-way to cistern) > My .02 with spell check > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Don Dory > Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2006 00:59 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Walker Evans--digital reproductions > > Lee, > The reviewer is a pretentious twerp IMHO. In the first paragraphs he > admits > that Walker Evans wasn't especially interested in the printing of the > images. So, if a later person comes along and finds another story in the > images then so what? (Assuming the pedigree of the images is clearly > stated) What I got out of the reviewer was angst that the actual image > could be gorgeous even though the content frequently was depressing. > > The truth of photography is that it is the peoples medium and the folks do > what they will with the images. As a photographer, the only way to > control > your images is to destroy the originals when you are done with them. > Otherwise, someone else may come along and re interpret what you did or > didn't do. > > If you have a problem with loss of control then take up painting, but even > there someone may come along a few hundred years later and "restore" the > painting ala the Cistine Chapel. > > 0.02 > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > On 8/25/06, Lee England <Engl6914@cableone.net> wrote: > > > > An interesting article I ran into in this morning's New York Times on an > > exhibit of digital reproductions of Walker Evan's prints and the > problems > > associated with their interpretation. > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/arts/design/25evan.html > > > > Lee England > > Natchez, Mississippi > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >