Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/16
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art....
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:20:19 -0500
From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Art
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
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Fine art photography seems to follow the "mirror" instead of "window" view.
I have always prefered to show what I see, not who I am.
Tina
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 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 :-)
>