Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]animal wrote: > > I find it strange in these discussions that people use words like "fartsy". > Obviously English is not my native tongue but I sense a lack of semantic > knowledge here. > Clearly a photographic picture can do 2 things at once namely > record information and emotion. > Logically one could try to split the 2 but one would allways fail. > As an example even a line pair test chart might induce emotion in a viewer > unintentionally. > I believe that the best photojournalism,s examples both > transmit powerful emotion and as much information as needed to know the > context. > As allways apologies for the bad english. > best regards > simon jessurun > amsterdam the netherlands > Yes but some people think photography is two things namely: Artsy and Fartsy. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html