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At 06:43 PM 4/20/2006, you wrote:
>When I was working full time as a journalist-documentarian and
>submitted my work to the Milwaukee Art Museum they said, "The work is
>very fine. But it is not art fit for the home." Even though I'd justt
>received a NEA grant to mount a show, "Light on Poverty in
>Appalachia" in Tennessee. I was young and felt devastated. Go figure.
>George Lottermoser

Exactly, George!  Who wants photos of starving people on their dining 
room walls?  We should all be doing abstract patterns of colors that 
match the sofa!!  It's just very frustrating that photojournalism and 
documentary photography, which actually have the potential of making 
a difference in the world, get no support from the major photography 
galleries and magazines.  Instead, we have all of the attention 
focused on these abstract "art" prints of self-absorption!!!   Sorry, 
lots of sour grapes here tonight.  :-(

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
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