Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey, I only asked if anyone had heard a paragraph of something she said on the radio, for god's sake. I didn't ask you to memorize her books! I was trying to start a discussion of photography, about subjects. Amazing how when anyone actually raises an issue on this list that actually has something to do with art or photographs, everyone starts biting everyone else's bloomin' heads off! It's nuts! And guess what? It isn't always necessary to BE a photographer to TALK about photography. That's the old line that most of the silliest artists always throw around. One doesn't need to be an artist to be an art historian. Some are both (I count myself in that lot), but not all are. Some of the best stuff written about photography was not penned by photographers, and a lot of absolute schlock was written and said by people who were great photographers and artists, but were lousy writers. Many artists have no idea what they're doing, how their work fits in the cultural/historical timeline. It sometimes takes people who actually have studied history to be able to make a sane statement about an artist's work. Now I think I know who the belligerent drunks are! So there! ;-) Kit - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html