[Leica] Photo awards etc

[Howard Ritter]

As with abstract algebras and geometries and modern unmetered, non-rhyming poetry, the world of modern art in its many forms is simply inaccessible to my understanding. I no longer try.

My favorite is Upper Case and Lower Case Wigs. Both as an artistic expression – sorry, ’statement’ – and as an æsthetic object, it’s simply ineffable. Though I have to say, calling hairpieces for the male scalp and the female pubis “upper case” and “lower case” is brilliant! (I once heard a gynecologist remark on a patient of hers who had striking red hair, saying that, indeed, “the carpet matches the drapes”!)

—howard
Unrepentant troglodyte

> On Apr1, 2020, at 0717, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> Everybody has a personal opinion about what is a good photograph, but, sadly, the only way to get yourself enshrined in the pantheon of "The Great Photographers" is to have someone pay lots of money for your images.
> 
> Is Putin's poodle Dmitry Medvedev a great photographer? Well, someone paid $1.7 million for one of his, but the disqualifier is the "someone" is an oligarch friend of his, so Dmitry has to go through a few more hoops before he gets any credibility, if ever.
> 
> Anyway, I used to go to a few photographic auctions in the past so still get notifications as the auction houses who live in hope that I might win the lottery (mind you, I do live in hope too). Here's a link to a current one below, and it's interesting to see the prices of some famous photographs. Of course, I'm aware that art and photographic art is just a way of storing money outside of other markets, and I expect the prices at this auction and many others to come to be compressed by the current plague, lack of liquidity, and fear.
> 
> So, if you're feeling brave, and maybe have just won the lottery, you could make a killing. In any case, you'll have a chance to have a look at some interesting images.
> 
> https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2?locale=en
> 
> Tell us what your favourite is.
> 
> Douglas
> 
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