Re: [Leica] going beyond family photography

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@home.com>]

Geeze,  Louise ....BD....it's always with  hesitation that I announce my
PAW... now I'm putting on my flak jacket,  man.

Steve

> Eric - Keep doing what you are doing! This "serious photography" thing is
> such total and utter crap I don't know where to begin in trying to deal
with
> it.
>
> Why is taking a shot of a nude "serious photography," when shooting a
mother
> and child isn't? Why is taking a bunch of mediocre tourist photos of a
> European city "serious photography" when doing good photography of your
> family isn't?"
>
> I'll make a lot more enemies than I probably already have on this list
and
> say that the vast majority of what is taken and posted here is incredibly
> mediocre, run of the mill snap shots that everyone either ooooos and
aaaaahs
> over, or, as has more recently been the case, plays art critic with - and
> I'm not making an claims to seriousness or greatness myself, believe me!
But
> there is this really sad belief that if one goes out and takes a
basically
> crappy photo of a bum in the street, but uses a Leica, it's a "serious
> photograph." Or if one takes an utterly vapid shot of two people talking
in
> a public place, it's meaningful "street photography." Sorry guys, it's
not.
> It's a crappy, derivative, photo of a bum that happened to have been
taken
> with a an overpriced camera. Or a dull, meaningless photo that happens to
> show two people talking, but makes absolutely no statement, conveys no
idea,
> says nothing.
>
> Serious photography is photography by a person with reasonably good
> photographic skills who is serious about what he or she is doing.
>
> B. D.
>
> (heading for the bomb shelter.)


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