Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George that's like saying mediocre art is diluting art. But there's always been mediocre art and plenty of it. What's unusual about our own time is the coincidence of two developments: the end of real criticism; and the opening of venues with no 'gatekeepers' -- editors, curators, etc -- who are the arbiters, for good or ill, of what qualifies as first rate at any given time. Without both these things the mediocre stands there mutely but somehow relentlessly declaring itself fine; and with no one to winnow out the mediocre (through criticism or outright exclusion) the fine is lost. Vince On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:43 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > For me the "best" street photography goes beyond > simply photographing anything and everything > which happens in the streets. > > It seems to me that "street photography" > has become diluted with hundreds of thousands snapshots > which do not "go beyond." > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > I sense that there are fewer fans of street photography, but I cannot say >> why. The Street Photography forum seemed to go from B&W film to color >> digital about 7-8 years ago (when digital became completely usable), and >> the >> division between street photography and other genres seems to have become >> fuzzy as a result. Lluis's photos seem to still be squarely in the genre >> of >> street photography. And I see less of this every day. Some of the street >> photography adherents on the LUG seem to have drifted away, and some have >> died. Steve LeHuray really lived and breathed street photography with a >> Leica M that made Garry Winogrand's M4 seem "minty" (ebay term) by >> comparison. Maybe the SPers are a dying breed. After last week's heated >> discussion of about 100 posts on SP, I hope nobody was scared off. >> >> I want to get back into Lluis mode soon. >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >> Is street photography dying? I just returned from a major NY area photo >>> show >>> in a community rife with advertising, commercial and TV photographers. >>> There >>> were 60 exhibitors, many of them successful photo professionals. Only one >>> offered what could be called a street photo. There were just three >>> pictures >>> of people, one in the street photo and the other two reasonably formal >>> portraits. The rest were carefully arranged landscapes, flowers, and >>> travel >>> scenes with studied attention to the rules of composition. There was >>> little >>> spontaneity and no apparent joy. It looked like the final exam in a photo >>> school composition class. Everyone was trying to be an ARTIST. How boring >>> compared to the LUG. Fortunately the wine and cheese were good. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >