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Subject: [Leica] What is the definition of "Fine Art Photography"?
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 21:45:34 +0200
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Might be, and surely is Douglas.

But nonetheless the type of print I would collect :-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 27 mai 2021 ? 17:48, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit :
> 
> 
> I don't think that photo is of a French location, as it looks like the 
> Glenfinnan viaduct in Scotland at a guess, Philippe.
> Mind you, I haven't been there, but Harry Potter and those trips to the 
> cinema with my youngest.....
> 
> Douglas
> 
> On 27/05/2021 15:28, Philippe via LUG wrote:
>> I?d just replace ?  has to be explained ?  by ?requires some knowledge of 
>> the background by the viewer, and some thought by the same ?
>> 
>> Other than that, it may also refer to even documentary photos that have 
>> aged well, i.e. that, seen from a distance, look like time-capsules.
>> 
>> I often have in mind those photos of railway bridges and sceneries that 
>> decorated the train cars of my youth. These adverts then looked pretty 
>> dull to everyone. But I?d be very happy to have a collection of them 
>> today.
>> E.g. 
>> https://fr.dreamstime.com/train-vapeur-pont-vo?te-noir-blanc-image103300702
>> 
>>  Amities
>> 
>> Philippe
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Le 27 mai 2021 ? 06:14, Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a 
>>> ?crit :
>>> 
>>> My definition - which I expect is not widely accepted - is photography 
>>> that has to be explained to be understood.
>>> 
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On May 26, 2021, at 6:58 PM, Stasys Petravicius via LUG <lug at 
>>>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Stasys Petravicius
>>>> 
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