Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Emperor's new clothes: Cindy Sherman
From: Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:20:36 -0500

John Brownlow wrote, in part:

> Think what you will of CS, but her work has nothing to do with the 'real'
> world... it's a comment on an interpretation at best... a riff on a riff...

Which is, of course, exactly what postmodernism is all about.  But I agree,
Hollywood cinematographers do this better.  Take "Blade Runner" for example.
Postmodernism seems to work better as a narrative than as a still.

M.

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