Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 - -- http://www.teleport.com/~damian/strings.htm