On Oct 12, 2005, at 7:27 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On 10/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> Actually, not to be inflammatory or anything, but I don't see
much connection between intimacy and shooting people one doesn't
know (in the street or
elsewhere). Appearances of intimacy in those situations would be
illusionary to my
way of thinking.<snip>
can't type enough to properly discuss, but i often feel great intimacy
with certain of my subjects, even ones that i didn't interact with at
all, except to photograph in a fleeting moment. don't know why, but i
do. maybe it's illusory, but it's there none-the-less...
Art is illusion and creation. Photography is art. It's also many
other things.
We can drop into the long running war between photography and art now.
;-)
Godfrey
