[Leica] Blackmon exhibition

[Douglas Barry]

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 goût. 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
>>>>
>>>>
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