Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Eggleston: art photography
From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:07:07 +0000

Tina Manley wrote:
>  I'm just saying from my
> point of view, if you have to explain a photograph or search for a hidden
> meaning, it has failed to communicate.]
>  I love Faulkner who often fails to communicate without an effort on the part of the
> reader.  

The difference between Faulkner and Eggleston is that even with the
depth of Faulner's prose just reading it aloud is music to my ears. 
Eggleston is equivalent to white noise.

donal
 
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