Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] Art
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:20:19 -0500
References: <20121116053448.VQYB5450.eastrmfepo201.cox.net@eastrmimpo209> <CAF8hL-Gray5ftsZHhd6tTWzb9myQCj1p5KOr_Ux-iCZpj3nbpA@mail.gmail.com>

Fine art photography seems to follow the "mirror" instead of "window" view.
 I have always prefered to show what I see, not who I am.

Tina

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 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>
>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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