Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course! Peter On 23/04/2020 00:23, Douglas Barry wrote: > Photography to paraphrase Winston Churchill is a riddle, wrapped in a > mystery, inside an enigma. For discussion, Peter, over something wet and > alcoholic at some future Lug meeting perhaps. > Douglas > > On 20/04/2020 23:10, Peter Dzwig wrote: >> Yes, and no...I agree that any photo is in some sense artificial. >> >> I just don't get these. When I look at many of them I feel either that I >> am missing a key to understanding them or am looking at a collage which >> again I don't get and of course a collage is pretty much the height of >> artificiality. >> >> Regards, >> >> Peter >> >> On 20/04/2020 16:06, Douglas Barry wrote: >>> That's fair enough, Peter. A chacun son go?t. They ARE artificial, but >>> many great photographers have used artifice - think Philippe Halsman, >>> Man Ray, Sally Mann, and myriads more. Anytime there is any direction in >>> a portrait, that's artifice, even getting the subject to sit in a >>> certain manner in a certain light... >>> >>> I happen to enjoy Blackmon's particular artifice in setting up these >>> shots, and wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of them. However, I >>> have a major hurdle living with me. My wife likes paintings and doesn't >>> mind me buying those, but baulks at photographs :-) >>> >>> Keep safe! >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> >>> On 20/04/2020 15:14, Peter Dzwig wrote: >>>> I have to say I don't get them at all! I just can't see the point. They >>>> all look very artificial to my eye... Sorry. >>>> >>>> Petr >>>> >>>> On 20/04/2020 12:17, Douglas Barry wrote: >>>>> In my mooching idleness, I was going through business cards from >>>>> some of >>>>> the exhibitors from a couple of Paris Photo exhibitions of some years >>>>> ago. One was from the NY Robert Mann GaIlery, and I like this lady's >>>>> stuff. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.robertmann.com/works-julie-blackmon >>>>> >>>>> Of course, I'd like to see the images in a bigger size. Still, some of >>>>> you may also like them. >>>>> >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 -- Dr. Peter Dzwig