Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I´m beginning to think that also Eggleston captures "a time, place, and, even more important for me, feeling of the desperation of the times". Desperately dull... All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 16. helmikuuta 2000 17:33 Aihe: RE: [Leica] Eggleston: art photography >Tim - First off, you're probably right that I am stuck in a particular grove >because of the photo background from which I come...And I have only seen a >few of Eggleston's images, so I really shouldn't answer your question..but I >will ;-). > >Based on what I've seen of Eggleston and Walker Evans... > >Evans produced many powerful, evocative, beautifully composed, exposed, and >printed images that captured a time, place, and, even more important for me, >feeling of the desperation of the times. > >Eggleston's images look like color snapshots of what ever he happens to pass >by. > >But that's just my opinion, which is really what all of this thread comes >down to....personal opinion...the old "I know art when I see it" >cliché...:-) >B. D. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of timswan >Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:52 AM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: RE: [Leica] Eggleston: art photography > > >B.D. > >This must be where many involved in this thread are getting stuck. Some, >particularly photographers in the documentary tradition, feel that all >photographs should have a message. Others, usually those who come from a >fine art background, are looking for something less tangible (shape, >form,color). > >Let me ask this: what is the difference between the photography of Walker >Evans and William Eggleston? > >Tim > >>The bottom line is that the photo is the photo. Either it conveys the >>message, or it fails. >