Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What is fine art photography?
From: Dean Chance <mreyebal@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:52:06 +0000
 
on 12/13/00 8:58 PM, Guy Bennett at guybnt@idt.net wrote:

>> The problem with this discussion is that no-one has offered a definition of
>> "art"...
>> [snip]
>> M.
> 
> here's one: it is whatever most people accept it to be.
> 
> there doesn't seem to be anything inherent in a given object that makes it
> "art." imo, it is our perception of the object and the value we are
> collectively willing to attribute to it that makes it so.
> 
> guy
 Warhol once described artists as "people who make things you don't need." I
kind of like that.