Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was going to say that one of the JOY of going to gallery is to see the prints, as prints are so much better than any web pics. However, I would concede that if a show does use high quality large digital display, then that would be different. Otherwise, I do not think it does the arts justice. On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > I did see the display at your show Doug, and I agree that it was terrible. > But I > think that it was completely uncalibrated; the images were blown out and > not > sharp (probably showing jpegs?). It was also small. > I think a video display could be a good adjunct to a show, but a print is > very > special. It's the complete presentation that makes it; the matting, the > frame, > the kind of mounting (shadow box, recessed, etc.), the signature. The > presentation is an integral part of what you show and hard to recreate on a > display. > > I recently saw a display used, about 50" or 60" LCD, that combined > landscape > video with images. It was pretty cool to see the environs that the artist > was > using via video and then to see some awesome images that were found there. > No > music. Sound from the venue. And there were prints on the wall from the > same > display. So it really added to the depth of what you learned of the > artist/photographer. I could see it being used at Big Sur, Pt. Lobos or > Yosemite > very easily and really making for a terrific presentation. > > So just like cameras and lenses, different films, chips, chemicals, etc., > it's > another tool we have that can expand our arsenal of how we convey our > vision. > IMO, > Bob > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sun, April 17, 2011 6:53:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo show advice wanted. > > I agree with Ken and Bill. Blue Wing Gallery had a large digital frame > showing > photos that I hadn't printed for the show and IMHO (perhaps those who have > seen > the exhibit can offer their opinions) the photos in the digital frame were > nothing like the prints on the wall. Might as well browse a website. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> > >Sent: Apr 17, 2011 6:49 PM > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo show advice wanted. > > > >Larry, > > > >Generally, I agree with things you say, but I have to say here, I think > this > >idea sucks. For one thing, who wants to be examining a particular piece of > >art and have it plucked from our eyes? Also, most digital fromes are > rather > >smallish, and I know that there are many of my pieces that look like crap > >at less than 8x10, not to mention all the stuff I've shot with the Xpan. > >Which brings to mind, Next August I have an exhibit at a local gallery, > and > >many of the things shown are potical prints from xpan negs. Digital > versions > >just don't make it. > > > >On the other hand, for an exhibit by a group of University students, this > >could be good. > > > >Bill Pearce > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Lawrence Zeitlin > >Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 7:50 PM > >To: Leica LUG > >Subject: [Leica] Photo show advice wanted. > > > >This Sunday, in my post retirement avocation as a free lance art critic, I > >was asked to review a major New York area photo show. The show was the 29 > >Annual Exhibit of the Photographers of Northern Westchester, sponsored by > >the Croton Council of the Arts. If you are familiar with the the > >photographic ecosystem of the New York area you will immediately recognize > >that Croton-on-Hudson is one of the few bedroom communities surrounding > the > >city in which affluent and successful photographers, advertising > executives, > >and TV nabobs choose to live. Others are Westport, and Katonah. (But never > >in New Jersey.) > > > >First let me say that the show was excellent, even judged against the high > >standards of the LUG. That's to be expected considering the occupations > and > >the skills of the contributors. But the reason I'm posting this is to get > >opinions on a proposal offered by one of the show's organizers. As many > >photographers know, finding gallery space is difficult. There are more > image > >makers out there than there are walls. Local galleries schedule shows two > to > >three years in advance. What the show organizer wanted to know was if > >photographers would accept having their images shown on large professional > >quality digital displays rather than as paper prints on a wall. In effect > >the photographers would be time sharing the available space and could be > >able to exhibit a whole portfolio rather than a few mounted prints. > > > >So I am soliciting the opinion of Luggers on this question. How would you > >feel if a photo show consisted of an array of digital frames, each with a > >portfolio of pictures? The advantage is that more photographers could > could > >exhibit more works. The disadvantage is that it flies against the > >photographic and artistic tradition of paper or canvas images on walls. > > > >Larry Z > > > >P.S. Of the 62 fine photos hung in the show, only 6 were in B&W. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]