Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] Portraits of Awkward Adolescents Posing on Beaches
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:15:43 -0400
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I'll just observe that making viewers feel good or feel empathy for
subjects is not necessarily something artists strive for. If you
experience awkwardness or uneasiness when looking at Dijkstra's
photos, then she has succeeded well, indeed (I also thinks this is the
distinguishing feature the allows us to see her work as superior to
Kantor's). The ability of photography and photographers to capture the
private lives of those around us is part of what qualifies it as a
fine art.


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