Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just printed this out and tacked it on my wall. Beatifully stated. Dan (who can't refrain from praising fine posts out loud) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Peter > Stamos > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 12:43 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Righteous indignation > > > "As for Kyle, I think it's fine for him to take pictures of anything he > wants as well. And to post them, or publish them wherever he likes." > > Often disputes involving the ethics of photography are redolent > of baleful, > fundamentalist injunctions by ayatollahs and rebbes alike against > representation, and it is unclear when if at all compassion and artistic > endeavor intersect. Some of the subjects inhabiting the > photographs of Diane > Arbus seem neither more nor less real than those in paintings by Francis > Bacon. Despite the fact that the causal chain leading to the latter's > subjects may be more circuitous, only a mad few would presume to > have told > Bacon what and whom to depict. Counterexamples abound perhaps, but at the > risk of conflating whether a work is successful with its right to exist. > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. >