[Leica] You say potato . . .

[boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein)]

That's no potato. It's a NASA shot of Pluto.

The temperature of Pluto is a metaphor for the ice-cold contempt I feel for
the photographer. Most of us can take a picture like that. And I can write
bullst?cken like his artist's statement, but you can always tell that I'm
being satirical. Lesson learned. From now on, I will cultivate saying stuff
like that while appearing to be dead serious. My new series will be called
"The Existential Eggplant." Being, nothingness and olive oil.

--Peter


On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Douglas,
> This guy isn't stupid, which I first categorized him. Actually he's
> "BRILLIANT!" :-)  He knows how to play the human brain for it's lack of
> intelligence when it comes to people with multi-millions of dollars.
>
> If I were paid a million dollars for one of my photos I'd probably end up
> using some languages of joy not appropriate for ladies nor the LUG in
> public.  :-)
>
> Now you are caring for your potatoes in such a loving== caring manner! Play
> it up and surely some dumbass with more money than brains or intelligence
> will certainly offer you a couple of million $'s or so!  :-) Good luck!
> :-)
> cheers,
> ted
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of
> Douglas Barry
> Sent: January-27-16 5:08 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] You say potato . . .
>
> There was a brief article in the Irish Times yesterday about Mr. Abosch's
> oeuvre and the price attained. He said this....
> "I see commonalities between humans and potatoes that speak to our
> relationship as individuals within a collective species. Generally, the
> life
> of a harvested potato is violent and taken for granted. I use the potato as
> a proxy for the ontological study of the human experience."
>
> So that explains the million euro bonding that both buyer and seller
> embraced.
>
> As result of the insights gained, I placed my recent purchase of potatoes
> on
> individual silk cushions and am playing soothing music to them. A little
> cosseting is the least I could do to make up for the traumas of culinary
> violence I've inflicted on the Solanum Tuberosum family over 65 years
>
> My guilt is now assuaged, and my life is now a little more fulfilled :-)
>
> Douglas
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] You say potato . . .
>
>
> > How much do Peppers sell for nowadays? :-)
> > I would say that our minds are conditioned to accept a photograph of a
> > Pepper as a classic, through decades of artistic indoctrination, but
> > equally we consider a photograph of a potato as a travesty. To tell you
> > honestly, I can't see the difference in the subject matter, though the
> > photographic treatment might be different, and even there, which one is
> > better is just personal taste!
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:29 AM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> . . . Abosch says money. Lots of money.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/kevin-abosch-sells-photog
> raph-of-potato-for-15-million-20160125-gmd6s4.html
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone.
> >>
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