Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Carlos, Great post. Art is one hell of a complicated concept. But you are right: art and photojournalism are unrelated topics ! Doisneau and HCB are both artists and witnesses of their times. HCB is also a photojournalist. Alan Alan On mercredi 5 mai 1999 4:34, Carlos Blanco [SMTP:cblanco@fibertel.com.ar] wrote: > I think we are not clearly defining what art is in the photographic field. > Art no necesarily implies effort. Someone could argue in that aspect that a > picture taken with a 1898 kodak model would be more artistic than the same > image taken with the EOS 3. He would definetely be in the wrong way. Art > implies the most solid union between an instant and a performer. The means > by which this union is achieved are not essential to the spirit of art. > Many people deny the value of Doisneau work saying that they were arranged > photos. There was a moment when that composition exited first in the mind of > the artist and then he brought into reality. HCB was someday outside St. > Lazare gate. He saw a puddle, he saw a ladder and he conceived a photo. It > doesn't really matter if that moment of conception was separated by two > seconds or two years from the "real" moment. As he says, the only instant > that matters is the 1/125 f;8. And nothing else. Let's take photos! > > Leically > Carlos >