Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] Art
From: billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:17:20 -0600
References: <CCCB5F4C.20863%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Remember, there are still so-called professionals in the art world that see 
photography as not art, simply because they fee that all the hard work is 
done by a machine and not the artist. I say screw 'em.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Crawford
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 2:15 AM
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Art

I agree with your bitterness over expensive dead sharks, but I have to
disagree with your statement about "by the fact it has to have a name".
That is plain wrong. All forms of photography have names, and always have.
Commercial Photography, Portrait Photography, Photojournalism, Fashion
Photography, Architectural Photography, Astrophotography, Wildlife
Photography....I could go on and on. The notion, which I see repeated
often on web forums, that fine art photography is somehow a fraud because
it "Has a name" is simply a lie, designed to defame those who do
photography as art and devalue that work.

-- 
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On 11/16/12 12:54 AM, "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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