Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I saw an extensive exhibition of Eggleston's stuff in Denmark last winter--mostly various banalities from American suburbs, with strange compositions and tilted horizons. I admit to being less familiar with Sherman's work but I did see several of her prints at another exhibit in Denmark this summer (part of a group show called "Veronica's Revenge" or something like that). Huge prints of what appeared to be vomit on the ground. Don't get me wrong. I realize that many of the artists whom we consider to be classics today were ridiculed and misunderstood in their own time. I make an honest effort to see and understand modern art, including art photography. I even subscribe to Katalog, a Danish art photography magazine published in English. But I just don't get the meaning of Eggleston and Sherman. Maybe I am just too dense... Nathan Johnny Deadman wrote: > Fair enough, but that surprises me about the technique thing. Have you ever > seen Sherman or Eggleston's prints? Both of them are technically quite > astounding. Eggleston's in particular because of his use of the dye transfer > technique. Quite likely to fry your eyeballs. > -- > Johnny Deadman > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/