Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Couldn't agree more. Anyone who can make Madonna look like she does on the cover of "Ray of Light" is alright by me. Neil Teresa299@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/5/03 12:17:56 PM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > > << Amen! To say nothing of the fact that much of the most successful > and popular fashion photography serves up the degrading, the > 'degenerate,' the pathetic and the 'perverse' as that to which we > should all aspire - remember 'heroin chic?' Sexually provocative poses > by underage models, or those who look under age? Certainly there's > allot of creative fashion photography - and I assume that Martin is > referring to studio type fashion work, Ted, not shooting runway > models. But the question is how that creativity is being used. It's a > lonnnnnng way from early Avedon to the Calvin Klein underwear ads. > > B. D. >> > > > > I'm running through my mind who I think are some of the most > successful current fashion photographers and the images they serve up. > The names that come to mind are steven meisel, pablo roversi, > demarchalier, michel comte, david lachapelle, bruce weber, mario > testino, ellen von unwerth, bettina rheims, walter chin, sarah moon, > avedon, ritts (ok so he's not current anymore)....I'm sure there are > many others...but of those listed I'm having a hard time thinking of > their work as serving up "the degrading, the 'degenerate,' the > pathetic and the 'perverse' ." > > Creativity is often stunted and altered in the face of commercial > (particularly advertising) issues....this isn't just the case in > fashion photography. It seems to be the nature of the beast where as > an artist attempting to survive off your art, you must be reasonably attuned to the > hand (or in this case client) who is feeding you. But it seems to me that > condemning all (or even "much of")fashion photography because of > heroin chic or underware ads is kinda like condeming all of hip hop > because of gangsta rap. > > Kim > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html