Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Pornographers of the world Unite!
From: Damian Dlugolecki <damian@teleport.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:56:30 -0700
References: <200006181620.MAA06380@unix3.netaxs.com>

Kyle,  Very nice subjects.  I don't find anything objectionable here;
only Berube's self portrait is slightly out of focus.

Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> 
> M.E.Berube - GoodPhotos" <meb@goodphotos.com> posted some photos that,
> though taken with a leica, oddly enough, weren't of anybody's
> grandchildren:
> 
> >http://www.goodphotos.com/boudoir1.html
> 
> and asked:
> 
> >But is it art?
> 
> art schmart, who cares. it ain't a dozen shots of building exteriors in
> Prague (yawn) and it ain't a dozen photos from the family reunion (yawn)
> and it ain't a trip to the zoo with the grandkids (yawn). i say "hip hip
> horray!" let's get this bus moving into some creative directions.
> 
> whether or not it's art is not the question -- rather: "is it _good_
> art". and the real test of that is "would i hang it on my wall." these?
> probably not, but keep going.
> 
> if the artist has to ask if it's art, that's a very bad sign. if it's art,
> you'll know it. if you don't know it, then you're not doing it right.
> 
> now goeth thou and buy a nobuyashi araki book. okay, don't buy it,
> they're frightfully expensive, just leaf through it at the bookstore.
> you'll easily recognize the book, cause someone else will be leafing
> through it and not buying it. the cover will be all messed up and it'll
> probably be stuffed under some oversized books in the gardening section.
> 
> kc

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