Herb's thesis is obviously not applicable to every time and situation.
but value is as good a barometer of photographic worth as anything else
I've seen here or elsewhere. Your argument is totally fallacious.
Consider, for example, what a da Vinci is worth today in comparison to
a Kincade.
Paul
On Jul 3, 2005, at 6:52 AM, Bob W wrote:
Herb's comment was simple: if it will sell it's a good photo.
That sounds
like a pretty valid comment.On the rest, we can disagree and
still be friends.
Herb's criteria make painters like Thomas Kincade ("Painter of Light")
and
Jack Vettriano better artists than Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli.
It must be a very bleak experience to inhabit a mind that thinks sales
are a
measure of aesthetic quality.
Regards,
Bob
