[Leica] Cutting edge photography

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Alec Soth indeed is.
Strange Phil didn't post it to the forum directly.
Thanks for reposting,
Philippe



Op 5-dec-07, om 19:37 heeft Lottermoser George het volgende geschreven:

> On Dec 5, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Phil Swango wrote:
>> I saw this elsewhere and thought it was relevant to the thread.
>>
>> http://www.newsweek.com/id/73349
>
> An interesting read. The author seems to have some bias ;~)
>
> Phil also posted the following off list. I found it thoughtful and  
> rich with Photographer references worth follow up by those interested.
> I reprint here with his permission:
>
> "George, I've given you question a little thought and am having  
> trouble responding because I'm not sure how to parse "cutting edge"  
> in this context.  I have links to the academic fine arts  
> photography community here in New Mexico and my daughter is a  
> recent graduate of the UNM program.  I have a friend who works for  
> Joel-Peter Witkin, etc.  I went back to the PhotoEye site but I  
> don't think the emphasis there is so much on new or novel or edgy  
> as what's currently hot, and that could include older photogs as  
> well.  Photogs who are getting a lot of attention right now are  
> Jeff Wall, Alec Soth, Martin Parr, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca  
> diCorsia, Reneke Dijkstra, Huger Foote, Uta Barthe, Gregory  
> Crewdson, Bettina Rheims, Abelardo Morrell, Sylvia Plachy, Nikki S.  
> Lee, Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison and many others.  Alec Soth  
> just produced this year's Magnum Fashion magazine (Paris  
> Minnesota), which should be pretty cutting edge by the usual  
> definition.  I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for though.
>
> There has been a pronounced tendency in art academia in recent  
> years to de-emphasize what we called "art photography" in favor of  
> the concept of using photography to make art in a variety of  
> forms.  Also to use photography to document conceptual works, etc.   
> I recently had a chance to go through the archives of the late  
> artist Robert Heinecken, who used photography extensively in his  
> work but was not a photographer at all.  Same could be said of Ed  
> Ruscha, except that he did start out as a photographer.  And many  
> others.
>
> I still enjoy and am challenged by Wm. Eggleston, Stephen Shore,  
> Wm. Christenberry, and other folks who were probably cutting edge  
> back when they first emerged but are part of the art establishment  
> now.
>
> If you can find it, I recommend a book by David Campany called "Art  
> and Photography" (Phaidon, 2003).  It's a survey of photography in  
> the fine arts since the 1960s with intelligent commentary.  My  
> daughter used it as a textbook a couple of years ago.  Probably  
> everyone in it was called cutting edge at one time or another. ;-) "
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
> www.imagist.com
> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
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