Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/3/03 11:21:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, lists@johnbrownlow.com writes: > I do not demand of a picture that it looks nice or that it portrays > people in a flattering light. Some photos have that intent. Others do > not. The fact that you think that Arbus' photographs 'ridicule' people > tells me that you find the people in Arbus' photographs ridiculous. I > don't, at all, and I like the discomfort which she causes when I look > at her pictures. I really do recommend you dig out Mikhailov and have a > good long look at it, and read what he says about the pictures, before > you get too satisfied with your own critical responses. - ------------------------------------- Arbus was troubled herself. She obviously identified with these folks. Maybe she was showing that their humanity has nothing to do with their appearance. If anything, her work made that point, whether she intended that or not. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html