Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > But because of all of the hype this guy has created, people are led to > believe "this is it!" We have arrived because we can see the art in Egg's > photographs. B.S. There is no art...... > > People like this (and there are lots of them - just tour the galleries and > art centers) think "I am an artist, therefore ANYTHING I do is art." The > reason people get like this is because others are too kind. In the > beginning, no one would say "that's crap," instead they said "oh yes, I can > see your thoughts," and babble on, ad nauseam, never telling the person > that his/her stuff is worthless. Instead, he/she gets an inflated ego and > all the dumb artsy fartsy folks clammer around and make a fuss. And voile! > Garbage gets labeled art! Bravo, Jim! This is what I tried to imply when I said his work is banal. You have a better and more direct way with words than I do. I don't buy the bullsh*t that his work is "hard to duplicate". Give me a break. Anyone who believes that must really be a drone photographer. His photographs are the shots most people throw away as goofs. Paul