Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Chris, OK, you have a point. I'd call yours Fine Art Photography. The 12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shark one, and Geoff - no sane person would ever put a half naked fat guy smoking a cigar lying on the bed with a dead goat on their wall - "Fine Art" Photography, with the double quotes. Yes, I am that bitter :-) On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > I agree with your bitterness over expensive dead sharks, but I have to > disagree with your statement about "by the fact it has to have a name". > That is plain wrong. All forms of photography have names, and always have. > Commercial Photography, Portrait Photography, Photojournalism, Fashion > Photography, Architectural Photography, Astrophotography, Wildlife > Photography....I could go on and on. The notion, which I see repeated > often on web forums, that fine art photography is somehow a fraud because > it "Has a name" is simply a lie, designed to defame those who do > photography as art and devalue that work. > > -- > 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 11/16/12 12:54 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > >For anyone who has gone through "Fine Art photo" contests, workshops, > >blogs > >etc... This is of no surprise. > > > >"Fine Art Photography," by the fact that it has to have a name, rather > >than > >just "Photography," is a different animal from just about anything any > >Leica shooters (or LUG shooters) would shoot. > > > >It's all about expressing the artist view of their navels, with some > >flying > >goats as a metaphor of some aspects of human psyche or a reflection of the > >inner turmoil of the minority group... > > > >Of course they are the ones that sell the 12 million dollar stuffed > >sharks. > > > >Yea, I am sort of bitter :-) > > > > > >-- > >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>