[Leica] Is photography art?

[Mark Rabiner]

My heart belongs to Dada.


On 4/6/15 4:53 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Man Ray is often thought of as the quintessential Surrealist photographer.
> Mainly because the group shot of  all the Surrealists was done by him.
> With him conspicuously not in it. He being the one who shot it would be the
> excuse. And the idea being if he'd had a self timer he'd be in it.
> Turns out no. he had allegiance to the previous art movement the Dadaists.
> If you asked him he'd tell you.
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/6/15 2:17 PM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Apr 6, 2015, at 12:37 PM, RicCarter wrote:
>> 
>>> how does dada fit into this?
>> 
>> my opinion:
>> 
>> dada has a sweet spot in art history;
>> so we can discuss it in terms of cultural context;
>> as well as historical context;
>> as well as the aesthetics of any specific work of visual art or literature.
>> 
>> quite obviously dada laid the groundwork for "Conceptual Art."
>> as well as "Pop Art."
>> 
>> it also played a major role in recognizing the "Artistic Merits" of
>> Photography.
>> 
>> the Dadaists, along with the Bauhaus school, also kicked off Graphic Design
>> style
>> which remained with us pretty much up until this very moment.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> 
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>> 
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