Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Eggleston: art photography
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:58:02 -0000

Every photo, painting, poem, work of art in any medium, is conveying some
sort of message from the creator to the viewer. It may be as simple a
message as "this is beauty," but there is a message there somewhere. If
there isn't, I would argue, it's not art....

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Guy Bennett
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 11:41 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Eggleston: art photography


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


b.d.

i'm with you 100%. but what about the photo that does not seek to convey a
message?

guy