[Leica] Portraits of Awkward Adolescents Posing on Beaches

[bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)]

Fine art? Making subjects feel awkward is something any 'Mom with a Rebel'
can accomplish. The art comes in when one manages to get subjects relaxed
enough so that one can capture their 'essence,' or as much of it as can be
captured in a still photo.

On 6/25/12 10:15 AM, "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

>I'll just observe that making viewers feel good or feel empathy for
>subjects is not necessarily something artists strive for. If you
>experience awkwardness or uneasiness when looking at Dijkstra's
>photos, then she has succeeded well, indeed (I also thinks this is the
>distinguishing feature the allows us to see her work as superior to
>Kantor's). The ability of photography and photographers to capture the
>private lives of those around us is part of what qualifies it as a
>fine art.
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