> > > > >I honestly fail to see how taking pictures of what is, of what is actually > >"out there" can be any sort of inherent put down. Those things just *are.* > > > >Photography, like painting/drawing, in addition to what is really there, is > >so much a matter of what we, the viewer, bring to it. > > > >Sort of like a Rorschach test. > > > >Marnie aka Doe > > > > At last, a voice of reason.
Not really. The picture didn't just happen - it's not a random scene. There's a lot more of the photographer in the picture than of the viewer. That's what we're discussing, really; the fact that Shel chose to capture this particular shot, and then having taken it, decided to display it.
