Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Clearly, at some final level, the only answer here is The Borg. Hard wired direct experience by all. Nothing funny about it. Ric On Sep 29, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Lottermoser George wrote: > While I agree with the thinking behind your comment. One can't help > but wonder at what point on the continuum the "depiction of > reality" becomes an "artistic creation." Apparently as long as the > hardware and software (or film and chemistry) and their designers > and manufacturers make the decisions of how the "depiction" > appears, it's real. The moment that the operator of the equipment > at the computer or the lab steps into the picture - well - it > becomes an "artistic" depiction. > I think they should eliminate writers and photographers and send > robots out with recording devices. The words from the recordings > can be automatically set into type and printed along with the > images captured by the robots. ;^) > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On Sep 29, 2006, at 3:34 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Simple, Philippe - one is a depiction of reality, other is a >> photographer's >> 'artistic' creation. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information