Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps you are completely right and I am quite in error. I've always labored under the illusion talk was reasonably cheap compared to action.Those I've know, who were accomplished in a pursuit, manage to attain that level by constant effort. I will admit it is easier to talk a good game than play it. Walt Tim Atherton wrote: >>to communicate. .One difference between painting, sculpture, music and >>photography is very obvious. In those mediums the creators waste little >>if any time discussing pigments, brush lengths, mixing mud or who makes >>their violin strings. I almost doubt photography will every reach that >>stage. >> >> >not at all obvious - in fact quite erroneous. > >I know concert level flautists who obsess over whether a flute by my old >friend Albert Cooper is, the best, and exactly what curve in the headpiece >makes for the sweetest sound and whether gold or golden alloy is preferred > >Same for painters - I can't count how many tedious discussions I've heard on >pigments and acrylics - brands and blends, as well as brushes. > >I Rembrandts time serious industrial espionage took place in the Low >Countries to discover the exact make up of certain pigments - bribes were >paid, threats were made - the scientific and technical aspects were the >subject of endless conjecture and letters. > >Studio potters (whose work is considered art rather than craft) will equally >often spend a good amount of time on the science and composition of glazes >as well as types of clay - get a couple pf them drunk and the debate goes on >for hours. > >Then there are photographers who make the most wonderful art by sticking to >always sticking to Tri-X320 @200 developed in D23 with the lens almost >always closed down to f64, like Sugimoto - the technical aspect is minimal >and simple. > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >