Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 30, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Lottermoser George wrote: > Actually Steve, I don't know how to help you (me). I'm not sure what > I mean. I'm seeking, looking to discover and or create. > We all make very lovely images, mostly within traditional genre > boundaries. > A few, like Kyle, stretch boundaries on occasion. > > Historically, events have occurred which appear as leaps into the > avant-garde, uncharted areas? like the Bauhaus, Surrealism, etc. > Historically, artists working in photography have also stepped out > and created something quite original and unexpected for their time. > Moving from the pictorial to the f:64 group. Or Man Ray using > photography to delve into the surreal. A number of photographer/ > artists working today are stretching boundaries on a number of > different levels. > > I'm curious to know who's doing so for '07/'08; and how so; and what > do you all think of such? will be interesting to see what you come up with George...I'd love to follow the results and discussion... being controversial, or downright outrageous is one thing...though hardly creative... versus having something new to say... and then there is "so old that it's new", or "so far out that it's in..." people just trying to be different, Steve Steve > > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > On Nov 30, 2007, at 4:50 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> George, please help me... >> >> >> absolutely fresh....how cutting edge can it be George, if it's >> "foto_decadent", >> >> and decadent is often defined as "corrosive decline" ? >> >> >> does this mean it's so passe that it's new? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information