[Leica] IMGs: Beauty and its beholders

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

I follow what Kyle has said there yet it could also be said that a landscape
or human face was also someone else's work that you have pointed your camera
at.
I do think that George has made involving photographs that are much more
than a record of the sculpture though. As a sculpture this doesn't actually
particularly appeal to me but the colours, shapes, tones, compositional
elements tones and the peoples' interaction do. So I guess that means that
George was entirely successful.
Extending the thought a little further, personally I happily shoot buildings
or objects of interest when travelling as they ARE part of the environment
and can help tell the story as well as sharing the experience of the locale
with others.
Just some thoughts
Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 5 October 2010 04:12, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:

> Thanks for giving this much attention Kyle.
>
> On Oct 4, 2010, at 11:45 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote:
>
> > I'm always torn by stuff like this because my first thought is always
> "well, it's someone else's sculpture" which means that whatever "bang" 
> comes
> out of the image needs to come from the _way_ it was photographed rather
> than the sculpture itself. One should look at the photo and go "what an
> amazing photo!" not "what a clever sculpture". On the other hand, a
> photograph commissioned by the sculpture should accent the "wow" of the
> sculpture without drawing too much attention to the photographic technique,
> give it context and present it attractively  -- so there are cross purposes
> here depending on who takes the photo and why.
>
> Quite true. I photograph quite a bit of metal work; commissioned by the
> metal smiths. Without a doubt I work hard to make the metal look as good as
> I possibly can. Generally that approach "wow's" the smiths. In this case I
> had no agenda. I merely stopped to experience the sculpture and see what I
> could see and document the experience with the equipment at hand. I had no
> idea that I'd be drawn to stop and do this.
> ...................
>