Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 16 nov. 12 ? 09:42, Richard Man a ?crit : > Hi Chris, OK, you have a point. > > I'd call yours Fine Art Photography. > > The 12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shark one, and Geoff - no sane person > would > ever put a half naked fat guy smoking a cigar lying on the bed with > a dead > goat on their wall - Well non-smokers wouldn't for sure, else everyone their tastes ???? Relax Richard, you're doing fine art so long as I may a judge for it, and so does Chris :-) Amiti?s Ph > "Fine Art" Photography, with the double quotes. > > Yes, I am that bitter :-) > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Chris Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >> I agree with your bitterness over expensive dead sharks, but I have >> to >> disagree with your statement about "by the fact it has to have a >> name". >> That is plain wrong. All forms of photography have names, and >> always have. >> Commercial Photography, Portrait Photography, Photojournalism, >> Fashion >> Photography, Architectural Photography, Astrophotography, Wildlife >> Photography....I could go on and on. The notion, which I see repeated >> often on web forums, that fine art photography is somehow a fraud >> because >> it "Has a name" is simply a lie, designed to defame those who do >> photography as art and devalue that work. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 11/16/12 12:54 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> wrote: >> >>> For anyone who has gone through "Fine Art photo" contests, >>> workshops, >>> blogs >>> etc... This is of no surprise. >>> >>> "Fine Art Photography," by the fact that it has to have a name, >>> rather >>> than >>> just "Photography," is a different animal from just about anything >>> any >>> Leica shooters (or LUG shooters) would shoot. >>> >>> It's all about expressing the artist view of their navels, with some >>> flying >>> goats as a metaphor of some aspects of human psyche or a >>> reflection of the >>> inner turmoil of the minority group... >>> >>> Of course they are the ones that sell the 12 million dollar stuffed >>> sharks. >>> >>> Yea, I am sort of bitter :-) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information