Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: self portraits
From: Slobodan Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:34:51 -0700
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGIELNFDAB.tim@KairosPhoto.com>

I liked the commentary on how he described himself as an amateur, as his
work was "created outside the recognized categories." I take that the
categories were that of socialist realism, a State sanctioned
methodological form  expression not too dissimilar from our own current
Corporate Monumentalism.
Slobodan Dimitrov

Tim Atherton wrote:
> 
> > And PLEASE, do some spotting! All that dust and hair and stuff gives me
> > the feeling that you really don't care about your pictures. If you
> > don't care , why should I?
> >
> 
> Take a look at some Boris Mikhailov work...
> 
> http://www.theglobalist.com/photo/saltlake/mikhailov.shtml
> 
> http://www.partobject.com/mikhailov/bm_ex1.html
> 
> As one esteemed Lugger has said of them:
> 
> > The reproduction does not do the fantastic ugliness of the prints, with
> > their blown highlights, scratches and dust-clods, justice.
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