Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen wrote: > Interestingly enough, another former LUGGER and I have a mini-critique > of sorts going - when we shoot something we like, but we're really not > sure if it "is something" - in other words, whether it works, has that > indefinable something special, or falls flat - we send an email with the > image attached and the subject line "is this something?" We are both > quite critical, and more often than not say, 'no, it doesn't quite work > because....It might have worked if...' Well, this was one were he said, > "Yup. I like them both" (5 and 5a) I often find it pretty much impossible to decide whether something works, without seeing the context of the photographer's work, preferably the context of a particular portfolio or project. It's like trying to decide whether an individual statement or verse makes sense. Verses need to be strung together into a poem, though of course many verses are very quotable, and do stand on their own. You can use those images for the front and back covers, and the frontispiece. The image in question is a clever tournure, but not too. The cleverer the image is, the more I need the context to understand it. Could it be used in the frontispiece of a B.D's work ? Possibly, though highly unlikely. (no cell phone :-) ); but that of course depends so much on what B.D. wants to say. To paraphrase: "It's pretty, but is it art ?" Me ? I am still stringing my letters into a word. But I enjoy poetry, including my own. Cheers, - Phong