Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] Art
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:17:30 +1000
References: <20121116053448.VQYB5450.eastrmfepo201.cox.net@eastrmimpo209> <CAF8hL-Gray5ftsZHhd6tTWzb9myQCj1p5KOr_Ux-iCZpj3nbpA@mail.gmail.com>

Au contraire, mon fr?re

Fine art is what the client is impressed enough to pay good money for, to
put on their wall ;-)
Nothing I ever shot, that's for sure.

Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 16 November 2012 15:54, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 
wrote:

> For anyone who has gone through "Fine Art photo" contests, workshops, blogs
> etc... This is of no surprise.
>
> "Fine Art Photography," by the fact that it has to have a name, rather than
> just "Photography," is a different animal from just about anything any
> Leica shooters (or LUG shooters) would shoot.
>
> It's all about expressing the artist view of their navels, with some flying
> goats as a metaphor of some aspects of human psyche or a reflection of the
> inner turmoil of the minority group...
>
> Of course they are the ones that sell the 12 million dollar stuffed sharks.
>
> Yea, I am sort of bitter :-)
>
>
> --
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>
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