RE: [Leica] Eggleston: art photography

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Tim - First off, you're probably right that I am stuck in a particular grove
because of the photo background from which I come...And I have only seen a
few of Eggleston's images, so I really shouldn't answer your question..but I
will ;-).

Based on what I've seen of Eggleston and Walker Evans...

Evans produced many powerful, evocative, beautifully composed, exposed, and
printed images that captured a time, place, and, even more important for me,
feeling of the desperation of the times.

Eggleston's images look like color snapshots of what ever he happens to pass
by.

But that's just my opinion, which is really what all of this thread comes
down to....personal opinion...the old "I know art when I see it"
cliché...:-)
B. D.


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B.D.

This must be where many involved in this thread are getting stuck. Some,
particularly photographers in the documentary tradition, feel that all
photographs should have a message. Others, usually those who come from a
fine art background, are looking for something less tangible (shape,
form,color).

Let me ask this: what is the difference between the photography of Walker
Evans and William Eggleston?

Tim

>The bottom line is that the photo is the photo. Either it conveys the
>message, or it fails.