Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Harry Gruyaert book that was mentioned here a couple of months ago finally arrived at my local library having been winged over from some other branch in Dublin. I collected it this morning and before looking at the images contained in it, I read the foreword. My god, it is prententious codswallop written by someone who is firmly up his own arsehole, as well as poor Gruyaert's. I'll look at the pictures later as the fierce afternoon low winter sunlight is making it hard to swim through the full appreciation demanded by Gruyaert's dance through both nature's and life's scintillating colour wheel.... Jaysus, it's catching... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Zeitlin via LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Potato Photo > When my wife is asked to submit an "artist's statement" she replies: > "People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But > really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate > themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. My own work is > utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance." > > Suitable for the potato picture? Publicity anyone? > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information