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

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Subject: [Leica] Art
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:49:03 -0600
References: <CCCB5F4C.20863%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

On Nov 16, 2012, at 2:15 AM, Chris Crawford 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.

Agreed.
And as we consider all those "named" forms of photography
we can readily observe where the line blurs
between Fine Art Photography
and
Fine Art Landscape Photography
Fine Art Documentary Photography
Fine Art Conceptual Photography
etc.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
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