Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 13 nov. 11 ? 07:54, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit : > Of course, most of the stuff that hangs in the Louvre, Prado etc., > was crassly commercial when it was painted centuries ago--portraits > of rich people etc. > agreed except that the painters now celebrated were already renown and chosen for their unique skills to convey this or that through their "advanced" skills. ph > Who is to say that, say, Apple's 1984 Superbowl commercial will not > be Fine Art 100 years from now? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Nov 13, 2011, at 1:44 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> The term Fine Art is not an indicator of quality, but of type. It >> distinguishes art that typically hangs in galleries and museums from >> Commercial Art, which means things like advertising design, logo >> design, >> book layout, illustration, sign painting, etc. There's some >> overlap, as >> some commercial art gets recognized by the fine art world of >> galleries and >> museums. >> >> The painter you talked to was an uneducated fool. Photography has >> been >> recognized as art for a century now, and is part of the collections >> of all >> of the world's great art museums. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 11/12/11 7:13 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >> >>> I always meant to look up "fine art" photography. Is there an >>> "average >>> art" or a "bad art"? There must be only one category since that's >>> all I >>> ever see. Now that I think of it, what causes a photo to cross >>> over the >>> line into "art"? Just wondering. If I knew I could add that to >>> my new >>> LUG tools of print 8' wide and only editions of six. >>> >>> Ken >>> Who had his tail roasted by a painter when he referred to a >>> photograph >>> as art, although even there I never received an explanation, >>> although >>> the lady agreed there were other forms of art, such as sculpture. I >>> thought it best not to get into other fringe areas such as covering >>> buildings in Saran wrap. >>> >>> >>> On 11/12/2011 4:57 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: >>>> Hi Crew, >>>> In my hundreds of pages of saved anecdotes and humours photo >>>> notes I >>>> just came across this one and thought it rather fitting regarding >>>> the >>>> topic! :-) >>>> ================= >>>> >>>> Photographer as artist! >>>> >>>> ================== >>>> >>>> An art photographer asked the gallery owner if there had been any >>>> interest >>>> >>>> in his photographs on display at that time. "I have good news and >>>> bad >>>> >>>> news," the owner replied. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "The good news is that a gentleman inquired about your work and >>>> wondered if >>>> >>>> it would appreciate in value after your death." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your photographs." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "That's wonderful," the artist exclaimed. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "What's the bad news?" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "The guy was your doctor..." >>>> >>>> ====================== >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Well OK eh? It's Saturday afternoon com'on crew, smile or >>>> laugh! :-) >>>> OK OK kinda sick hunour, so big deal! Get over it! If you have a >>>> problem go pour a fine single malt, sit back then laugh! :-) :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> >>>> Dr. ted :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information