Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, Steve, you of all people know what I'm saying - even if I have said it in a loud rude manner..;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:57 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] going beyond family photography 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.) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html