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Subject: [Leica] Portraits of awkward adolescents posing ...
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:38:08 -0400
References: <CAOfQYBuPpmCbNSQj+LR5OR++ua7-e6rAnN3Qpso2QV3Q1chgKA@mail.gmail.com>

Are you saying I am close minded? :-)

Oh, I don't mind the artsy photographs at all, just that when they go for
$100,000, it makes you wonder about the Stuffed Shark (worth $12 millions)

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote:

> Richard Man wrote:
>
> I saw her images at SFMOMA. One part of me generally agrees with BD - in
> the modern photography world circa 2012, what gets most attention in the
> art photography world are the "artsy" stuff. I think someone here mentioned
> that Eggelston was the beginning of the end, and I tend to agree.
> =======================================================
>
> Richard, what were you expecting to see at SFMOMA if not "artsy" stuff?
>  I'm not sure what "artsy" means other than "I didn't like it."  Hopefully
> you weren't looking to see conventional pictorial photography at a venue
> with "modern art" in it's name. ;-)
>
> As for Eggleston, at least he doesn't write or talk about his work unless
> pressed, and even then it makes him uncomfortable.  Take a look.  If it
> doesn't work for you, fine, but it works for the curators of just about
> every major museum out there, so give that some thought too.
>
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// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


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