Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You seem to think that art has the same purpose as advertising. 1) define your audience, 2) create your message, and 3) create the photograph. It just isn't done that way. Sometimes the meaning of a photograph comes later -- long after it's created. >To me, the burden of communication is on the communicator. > >If you want to communicate to art historians, great..., painters, why not? >felons, terrific!!! > >But just like conversation, you need to know your audience, and then succeed >in communicating to them... > >The most enduring images of any kind don't need a degree, an art historian, >or a gallery owner to explain them. > Ron Kutak