Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, Thanks Yes your correct last night I pulled down some Minor White course notes I have where he discusses the extension of vision concepts of photography vs painterly concepts. Normally one can make a score card regarding a print; how many aspects of one concept vs aspects of the other in order to begin to read into an image. In the digital world this can be done to great effect for the painterly concept but is meaningless for extension of vision images. This is why those who have solid foundations in one concept or the other have little concern and even find digital photography a breath of fresh air. Whereas someone like myself who is trying to discover and build a conceptual framework sometimes feels overwhelmed with the digital milieu especially since I'm more emotionally invested in extension of vision. I'm a bit clearer on the matter. At 01:31 AM 3/12/2008, you wrote: >Quoting "Chris Saganich" <chs2018@med.cornell.edu>: > > > I only try to think about why I have an apprehension about digital > > images, > > even regarding the ones I make. I feel there is something terribly > > sinister about the entire digital community and this is disconcerting > to me. >.......................................................................................................................................... >Part of it might be the ease of manipulation. My favorite photos are >those odd >glimpses of life >as captured by photographers like Elliott Erwitt. I like knowing a >situation >actually existed somewhere in the world, and there is a piece of film that >was >there, and also now exists to prove it. Photos always could be faked, but >it >took a lot of skill to disguise it. > >When things are altered digitally, it is like painting, where an artist >can add >or subtract anything. That kind of constructed photography has never >interested me. I like the challenge of trying to get a perfect image from >an >imperfect world. With digital, any picture can be made perfect, so why even >take pictures? > >Alan > >Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >University Information Technology Services >University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >amr3@uwm.edu >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, MS, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049