Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Critical discourse on photography
From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:08:26 -0800

Yes, I read the New Yorker piece and the Times mentioned the BBC show, with
no other info of course...

> From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:35:46 -0700
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Critical discourse on photography
> 
> There was a great BBC programme with Hockney on this - very very interesting
> (great stuff like famous paintings, that when you look closely, have depth
> of field/out of focus problems! And suddenly, at the time when certain
> optical devices become available, everyone in a lot of paintings becomes
> left handed... even a monkey in one picture!
> 
> I flicked through Hockneys book of the programme - very interesting too.
> 
> And the LUG will like this - the Art Theorists hate the theory - because
> Hockney is just an uppity famous and very good artist!
> 
> I imagine it will come to PBS or something like that sometime. There was a
> good article in the Radio Times, and one in the New Yorker by Hockney a year
> or so ago.
> 
> Tim A
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of ternahan
>> Sent: November 29, 2001 1:19 AM
>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Critical discourse on photography
>> 
>> 
>> critique would undermine my sophomoric moniker, and would
>>> far exceeds the list's playful and irreverent banter. I'm quite
>>> comfortable here, on the jungle floor, screeching and tossing leaves
>>> over my head.
>>> 
>> 
>> Well said!!
>> 
>> Did anyone read the times story about Thomas Eakins (and Vermeer,
>> etc) using
>> the camera obscura and the camera lucida..projecting the image onto the
>> canvas and, yes, tracing....then great paintings result. (Hockney
>> has a new
>> book on this)
>> A camera can be a tool, a piece of art in and of itself... and of course
>> photography can be technical, documentary and/or art or humor or porn
>> or...ad infinitum.
>> No limits!!! so keep up the banter.
>> 
>> t
>> 
>> 
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