[pure-silver] Re: NOW: Exposing paper was Re:POPwithpapernegs?


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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