Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been following this thread, and even if it luckily died out ATM, I just ask myself: what are you so frustrated about, Chandos? Op 30-jun-06, om 03:09 heeft Chandos Michael Brown het volgende geschreven: > BS, Sonny, > > I well remember when I commented on a photo of yours, remarking > that the > complexions of its subject were a bilious green, and your response > was that > color balance was "subjective." I realized then that those of us > who work > at a calibrated workflow and actually care about this are wasting > our time > talking to you. > > What I object to is the apparent assumption on your part that your > "subjectivity" is somehow worthy of sustained attention. In my > view it is > not. And believe me, I know how to use a delete key and a filter; > your > "Friday Flowers" go instantly to the delete file. > > And where do you get off telling me, or anyone else for the matter, > what the > LUG is and isn't? > > I don't much give a s*** why people come to your collections or why > they do > it. > > As I've said before, by your standards any moderately successful > pornographer is "great" photographer. > > Sonny, I've always been curious. Do any black folk live in your > town? They > don't appear in your photographs. If I understand you correctly, > this means > that you don't "like" them. What we *do* get a lot of are pre- > pubescent > cheerleaders, and a lot of middle-class, middle-aged white folk > "swapping > lies," as you once captioned a photograph. How apt. > > What, exactly, do you think you're documenting, and why? > > And judging from the stuff you routinely post here, it's laughable > to learn > that you consider yourself a critic of your own work. God alone > knows what > you throw away. > > Really, get a grip. > > Cheers! > > Chandos > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+chandos=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+chandos=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > SonC@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:47 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] was: did I miss a fight? NOW snapshots and criticism > > > In a message dated 6/29/2006 5:19:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > ricc@mindspring.com writes: > > Let he who is without snapshots cast the first stone, or at least > stop posting them. > --------------------------------------- > > > > I totally disagree. Sorry. You know, I work in an archive with a > giant > collection of photography. We have some Ullmans and other good > stuff, but > no one > comes to us for that. Movie makers, magazines, writers, TV > producers, all > > come to us for the pictures in our snapshot collection. It is rich > with > moments from the daily lives of people from this area. > > This is not an art list. This is not Streetphoto. I see things and > photograph them and show them. If you like my work, look at it, if > you > don't use the > delete key. I enjoy criticism, but believe me, even Chandos is not a > greater critic of my work than I am. > > I do not like criticism like, "too bad that when the explosion > happened > there were some power lines obscuring the lovely clouds." For > God's sake, > when > you talk about a shot, give pointers that someone can do something > about. > > For example, my monitor might be screwed up, and the color looks > just fine > to me, but to someone else it sucks. Tell me. I have several > monitors > available, and then I know that the one I'm editing on needs > attention. > > I try to put interesting shots online. Not great art. I am not > an artist. > > I don't have an artist's statement. I take pictures. I sell > some. Some > people think because I don't dig into the ugly side of my town > that I am > not > documenting it. I prefer to show what I like, not what I hate. I > did that > too > many years as a news photographer, and it only makes me sad if > that's all I > > shoot. > > So, to finally answer what you said, I shoot hundreds of pictures > you never > > see. Some, no one but me will ever see. > > An example: My dear sweet wife, already in the first stages of > anesthesia > before a major surgery this week. Without makeup, in hospital > stuff, a > lovely > portrait of the woman I love in a moment that we are uncertain of our > future. > She did OK, but I'll treasure that shot because I'll always > remember how > I > felt about her in those tense moments. > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >