Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/08

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Subject: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge'
From: phamard at numericable.fr (phamard@numericable.fr)
Date: Sat Dec 8 13:06:08 2007

agreed
ph


----Message d'origine----
>De: Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com>
>Sujet: Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge'
>Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:42:28 -0500
>A: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>
>The successful expression of such bullshit is an art in itself--a  
>variation on the storytelling tradition;^)
>
>And, who is to say the photos did not express the theme well when  
>perceived as their purported theme by a given viewer? After all, how  
>much of the symbolism we were taught in literature classes was  
>consciously included by great authors? Does that unconscious  
>expression take away from the value of the fiction?
>
>ric
>
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>On Dec 8, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Harrison McClary wrote:
>
>>  He had forgotten about our assignment until 1am the night before.   
>> He rode around in the rain trying to make photos from his car.   
>> Needless to say they sucked, out of focus, shaky and many were  
>> poorly exposed.  He was asking me what to do, knowing the teacher  
>> was going to rip him.  I told him "Say you wanted to show what it  
>> is like to drive drunk on a rainy night" He did this and made an A  
>> on the assignment.  Our teacher was an "art" photographer...he  
>> cared more about the BS lines you told about your photos than he  
>> did good photography.
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