Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Autofocus Leica R
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:25:05 -0500

Well, I am NOT terminally politically incorrect. I certainly think that
our society routinely sells the disabled short. HOWEVER, blind is blind.
And I believe that Adam's description of "blind photography" as
"performance art" and not photography is right on the mark.

B. D.

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Autofocus Leica R


On 3/12/03 Patrick Jelliffe  wrote:

>
>Art is SUBJECTIVE, Adam, and attempts to create
>absolutes to judge the artist, his/her creative
>process, or the finished work will fail.
>
>Patrick
>

Well DUH. But what does your response mean? How does the work of someone
who cannot perceive the result, could NEVER perceive the result, cannot
get criticism, improve? Where is the self-expression in this process? I
don't think there IS any. It's performance art because the act is the
art and not the result produced.

I'm just terminally politically-incorrect in this area with absolutely
NO apologies. Otherwise there is no meaning and we might as well just
hang cameras on birds and cows and let them take photographs randomly
and give each image equal value to anything posted here.

It IS subjective right?

Adam
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