Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery Smith wrote: > There are some things that, with > more exposure, I still cannot stand (rap music rings a bell here). I never > had much appreciation for blues or jazz until I decided to learn about > both. SNIP > In short, I tend > not to like the unfamiliar, but warm up to it with repeated exposure. I think this is very normal, and that most people are like this with respect to all forms of art, and not just art. I have looked at Eggleston's pictures quite a bit, both in books and at exhibitions, but I still don't get it. Added exposure simply does not help me in this case. But in other instances--such as Parr or Winogrand--I did come to like them as I looked at their work more, and both are now among my top 5 personal favorites. As I said, this does not just apply to art. When I came to the US in the early 1980s, I looked at the major sports (I like to watch sports on TV); initially I found baseball boring, but after a couple of years I actually came to like it more than American football or basketball. I guess that is the meaning of acquired taste. It does not mean that everyone can acquire a taste for a given thing. I still dislike Eggleston and Marmite, despite repeated exposure to both. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog