My point, or at least close enough ;-) regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Jack Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. februar 2006 01:28 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Re: OT: Helmut Newton My experience has been that a photograph can stir my emotions with a content level I consider worthy of labeling "artistic". IOW, for me, it's possible. Jack --- Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob W: wrote (I was the one who didn't disagree): > I don't want to start a whole big thing about whether or not > > >> photography is "art". Far as I'm concerned it is and that's > > >> "settled law". Helmut's "answer" is a bit oblique for me and > > >> since you don't disagree, care to comment further? Thanks! > > > I guess I already have: > I don't see myself as an artist, but as a photographer. I'm not > trying to be > an artist. I'm trying to be a good photographer. I realy don't care > if it's > art or not. > > Weather this or that is art is up to the spectators to decide, I > believe. To > me art is what is commonly recognised as art. It's not for the artist > to > decide. If I do a really nice photograph, others can decide for > themselves > if it's art or not. > What is percieved as art to me may not be art to others. And vise > versa. To > me most photography is not art. Some of it is. > I could say the same about painting, movies, litterature, music etc. > I don't > see my self as an artist, but if some people see of my work as art, > it's > fine with me. I just think of it as photography. I guess Helmut > Newton felt > the same way. > > Helmut Newton obviously didn't want to discuss weater his (or other > photographers work) was art or not. I agree with him - that this > should not > be discussed. Discussing weather photography is art or not doesn't > make > sence. > Regards > Jens > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 8. februar 2006 10:27 > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Emne: Re: Re: OT: Helmut Newton > > > > > > > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2006/02/07 Tue PM 11:45:50 GMT > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: OT: Helmut Newton > > > > "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> I don't want to start a whole big thing about whether or not > > >> photography is "art". Far as I'm concerned it is and that's > > >> "settled law". Helmut's "answer" is a bit oblique for me and > > >> since you don't disagree, care to comment further? Thanks! > > > > > >Define "art" > > > > You can't. That's *why* it shouldn't be used! ;-) > > > > BTW: The local supermarket now has a device with which they can > take > > your digital image file and "print" it on a cake in colored icing. > So > > "good taste" *can* be discussed with regards to photography. > > > Hmmmm. Not sure about that. Although the one "I" produced created > much > hilarity, so could be said to have gone down well in one sense, the > cake was > bloody awful. > > m > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
