Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 24, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Ken Iisaka wrote: > Just with other artistic endeavors, technique is merely a mean to the end, > not the end itself. > > If the technique is lousy, it would be very difficult to convey the > message. But even if the technique is "perfect" it's garbage if it doesn't > tell a story. We experience many different forms of art: visual art audible art literary (verbal) art performance art Not all forms of art "tell a story." Though all significant forms of art do, to one degree or another, serve up: Content Composition Conceptual Features Technical Virtuosity Stylistic Qualities and Soul (referring to an emotional element). I believe the strongest examples of Significant Artistic Expression strike a near perfect balance between those servings; with no single one of them standing out as a raison d'?tre. I noted, in reading the original article, that the author seemed to mix his metaphors beyond comprehension. Experiencing a fine wine vs. creating a chemical facsimile - "reproduction" of "performed" music - hyper-reality - ????? All to support a very personal "concept" of photography involving "technical virtuosity" with no consideration of content, composition, stylistic qualities (beyond the technical) or soul. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist