Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't blame her in the least, but the journalist who cites her as an authority on photography because of it is pitiful. -Lew Schwartz On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Lew, > Money buys media all over the world, so what is new? Isn't making tons and > tons of money the foundation stone of the American Dream? Why blame someone > for doing that? > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't deny it at all. I am somewhat miffed that here in the US > > money+popularity = authority. > > > > -Lew Schwartz > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > > gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > I am with you, I don't much like her current brand of photography. > Seems > > > like a soft core Rankin (a photographer whose works I detest), but you > > > cannot deny her pop star status amongst current working photographers. > My > > > guess is she is doing all this purely for the money, I remember reading > > > that she got bankrupted by a structured financial deal gone wrong > > > (surprise, surprise), if that is so, one can hardly blame her. I > thought > > > the article was interesting enough though. > > > Cheers > > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > She may have been a great photographer years ago, but I find her > ideas > > > now > > > > to be disturbing. She uses the camera to create images of pure > fantasy > > > and > > > > totally discounts the use of photography to connect to and document > > > > reality. When JM Cameron used her friends to give form to powerful > > > > religious and literary ideas (a practice she abandoned) she aimed > > > > didactically at important social and spiritual issues. Leibovitz' > > ability > > > > to turn any of us into a Disney character is just frightening and > > > > pretentious: > > > > > > > > "Those of us who are photographers, the difference between us and > > > everyone > > > > else is that we take what we do very seriously." > > > > > > > > Ugh! OTOH, she cites (and misunderstands) a nice New Republic piece > by > > > Jed > > > > Perl. He makes a few really intelligent digs at the newly > reconfigured > > > > Aperture: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112390/aperture-magazine-relaunched-art-photography-digital-age# > > > > > > > > -Lew Schwartz > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:54 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > > jayanand at gmail.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683295/annie-leibovitz-on-getting-the-shot-and-the-future-of-photography#1 > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >