[Leica] what are the most important aspects of a photographicimage?

[gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton)]

I love William Eggleston's work.
One man's crap is fuel for another man's fire.
 
> From: tedgrant at shaw.ca
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 20:01:39 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Leica] what are the most important aspects of a 
> photographicimage?
> 
> Jayanand Govindaraj offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] what are the most important aspects of a 
> photographicimage?
> 
> >>But then I cannot see what drives
> people to like William Eggleston or Diane Arbus either, to name a
> couple of acclaimed photographers. The former seems to revel in taking
> meaningless snapshots, while the latter is so exploitative that it
> revolts me!<<<<<<<<<
> 
> WONDERFUL!! FINALLY HOORAY! that PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS CRAP 
> BUILT BY VISION IMPAIRED PHOTO FOLLOWERS AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAMP 
> FOLLOWING PHOTO EDITORS!!!!!!!
> 
> Everytime I read about how fantastic their stuff is in vision ... I wont 
> repeat what my reaction is.... but lets just say I puke my guts out when 
> it's referred to as "brilliant imaginary photography!" It's plain crap!
> 
> Get over it people, it's crap, taking advantage of the disadvantaged and 
> any 
> other description you wish to add! The big difference is... the opinion of 
> a 
> real honest to goodness hard working photographer who loves the craft with 
> such great passion that when anyone comes on about how great these people 
> are as "photographers???????"
> 
> Hell they just use the medium of photography as a process to make crap! 
> Yeah I know they're so well known and considered so great...... get over 
> it! 
> It's all bull dung! By powerful image making promotion people!
> 
> My goodness we could have a nuclear melt down if this keeps up! :-) But ya 
> just gotta love it when it gets out of control! :-) :-)
> 
> What was it you said? Oh yeah this is the Leica Users Group? ;-) Oh well 
> once in awhile it's kinda neat to have the wheels fall off the Leica wagon 
> to get folks all worked up over nothing! Instead of out taking interesting 
> photographs of snow, rain or whatever other tidal disasters are occurring 
> in 
> our new world of "CLIMATE CHANGE!" :-)
> 
> WOW!!
> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-) damn sometimes its fun to just stir the pot! ;-) ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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