[pure-silver] Re: NOW: Exposing paper was Re:POPwithpapernegs?
- From: "richard l. gifford" <rlgif@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:48:30 -0600
Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
>...I must admit however to having serious doubts about the
> work of some photographers which are presented at art but
> look like the goofs I make in the darkroom. Maybe I should
> start saving and mounting the stuff in the wastebasket.
>
A sign of the times. Today it must be deliberately
ugly, offensive, and poorly crafted to have even a
chance of breaking into the rarefied realm of high art.
This is what happens when the pretenders grow up and
become the arbiters of taste. I wrote to one of the
defunct magazines about when we might expect articles
on subjects like overcoming the gag reflex, putting the
dark cloth over our eyes, kicking the tripod, and
shooting/printing out of focus, so that we might all
aspire to the quality of work they were featuring.
Makes one wonder if there is a group, pure bad
snapshots, catering to the needs of these
photographers. Be sure to mount the remains of the
sandwich with your wastebasket print.
Regards... Dick Gifford
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