Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 1, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Chris Saganich wrote: > Thanks George, refreshing to read that again. I like the part about his > work not being a step forward, meaning that as far as success in the world > of art and gallery, photography has plateaued on the fictionalized self > portrait, a la Lucas Samatras, Sherman, etc, Their work lacks factuality > and > is sufficiently self-absorbed for the modern art tastes. Eggleston is > sufficiently self-absorbed but also factual, which modern art looks down > on. His real contribution is to show the rest of us how to make color > photographs, using color as form as subject in a consistent body of work. > When I started to take his work seriously I realized that color work, done > correctly, is more difficult then B&W. I gained a similar appreciation for > Bob Dylan when I tried to play his songs. At first I thought of them as > somewhat banal, a good place to start learning. It wasn't long until I > understood just how wrong I was. I agree with pretty much all you've said here Chris. For me - I always find something to learn from a serious practitioner. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist