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Subject: [Leica] Paging Tina Manley - LUF book
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:13:52 -0800
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Those are fair questions. First, I addressed the "no one understands"
portion in my earlier reply (which crosses yours). For reference, most
Chinese or Japanese do NOT understand the brush words in the scrolls you
commonly see, if they are written in any sort of flowing or running style.

I do not assume that this style of artworks is considered as good artworks
by everybody. Just like some people like classical arts, but not abstract,
and vice verse.

My only defense is that this is what appeals to me, and hopefully to some
other. This is what I do and like, as a photographer, as an image maker.

No doubt I will evolve this style, based on the comments and feedback. So
what you said is valuable.

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
gmail.com>wrote:

>
> good points and perhaps explaining what Richard is after...
>
> but I'm a simple guy and I ask, if the image says it,  then words can only
> detract, so what do words do that essentially no one understands?
>
> How is this not to detract from an image , especially when the image is
> good,  is bw, and the symbols/words are in red?
>
> Perhaps I am bordering on unfair, but it seems to be an example of self
> conscious salesmanship,
>
>

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