Re: [Leica] PAW -- Criticism or Stroking?

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>]

Per Claesson eloquently said:
a whole bunch of stuff that when I got to the end and he asked.....>>> " In
case anyone is still reading this and has any idea of what I am  talking
about, thanks for the word.<<<

Hi Per, ;-)
Well said mon ami! ;-) But what did you say? ;-)
ted


> It is an interesting and appropriate point that you make. I must
> confess I agree with much of what you say.
>
> I have an artistic background and now mainly use photography in my job
> as a graphics designer. Apart from the commercial/illustrative value, I
> am using the camera to explore ways of seeing things, to deepen my
> realizations of people, nature and reality as such.
>
> I certainly get bored by pictures that just feel like by-products of
> someones technical obsession, or typical "photo club" images, where
> people just analyze composition, sharpness, contrast and such. Shapes,
> colors, light have power, energy to touch and transform our minds and
> souls, and it is extremely rewarding for a photographer to set out on a
> journey into such visual discovery with his camera as a tool.
>
> My feedback to many PAW images here (I say it once so I don't have to
> write it each time) is: When you press that shutter, think about what
> you want to say, and "feel in" the image. Does it have any power in it,
> something to convey, or will it, in spite of being pretty, visually
> smart or whatever, feel empty, "flat", speechless if you will.
>
> We are all differently developed when it comes to "inner seeing", and
> any criticism on that level has to be of a very encouraging nature,
> since we are in a way dealing with individual growth here, not just
> technical or artistic ability. To say to a person, "Your picture is
> shallow and empty, just as you probably are yourself", won't do it, of
> course, but unfortunately it is often true among us modern people who
> rarely give ourselves time to develop any vivid inner life. Here are
> possibilities for us to develop and make photography into a real-life
> adventure.
>
>
> Per
>
> tisdagen den 29 oktober 2002 kl 05.59 skrev Wariowilly@aol.com:



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