Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I agree generally with your point, emphatically so! As someone once said (I wish I could remember who, but at the moment I can't), "In any given age, most of the artists were bad, and most of the critics were bad, and they loved each other." But I also think it worth one's while to remain alert to the possibility, however rarely encountered, of a critic who is, in effect, an educator, someone perceptive enough to realize more about an object than others might perceive, disciplined enough to focus his consideration strictly on the object at hand, and articulate enough to convey his perceptions to others. Few fill that bill. There were George Bernard Shaw and the late B. H. Haggin in the world of music, the late Sir Kenneth Clark in the world of art, and the late Pauline Kael in the world of movies. Whether there is (or ever has been) anyone like that in the world of photography, I do not know. Art Peterson Alexandria, Virginia -----Original Message----- From: Peter Klein [mailto:pklein@2alpha.net] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:08 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Details about Salgado in Chicago B.D. stirred the pot, saying: > What, I wonder - having seen all of Salgado's books and being a great > admirer of his work - are the "profound implications of a world in > transition" that the average viewer takes away from the photos? A profound awareness that: 1. Hype springs eternal in the hearts of marketeers. 2. All Great Art must be accompanied by reams of verbal diarrhea written by an Initiated One of the Order of Deep Understanding, designed to aid the great unwashed masses in perceiving The Message, lest they be consigned to the pit of uncultured darkness and ignorance. Don't read that stuff. It's bad for you. Just look at the pictures. --Peter - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html