PAUL STENQUIST wrote:
>
> Ann Sanfedele wrote:
> >
> >
> > I wish you didn't sound so angry about all of this - it is
> > hard to communicate
> > here sometimes with only type and not expression and tone.
> > I feel I use rather
> > colorful language to get my point across but I think I'm
> > being dispassionate and
> > thoughtful in relaying it.
>
> I am not angry. Yet I have not seen anything from you or Shel that would
> even begin to demonstrate why photography -- or art -- cannot improve on
> reality. Yes, the rabbit has to be in the hat, but the magic that makes
> him interesting is in the mind and the technique of the magician. The
> magic is superior to the reality of the rabbit's mudane existence. If my
> last paragraph made _you_ angry, perhaps that is because it chastised a
> bit for labeling my approach to photography "sad" and "unfortunate."
my OUCH was from hurt not anger - like you stepped on my
toe. Honest, Paul,
I meant it was unfortunate or sad because you felt what was
around you in the
world needed improvement, rather than celebration. Ive
looked at all your pix
in the Pug gallery and the one you took looking at the dawn
breaking over
the mountains is a nice shot, but do _you_ feel that it is
an improvement
over what you enjoyed when you are actually there? It is
evocative to be
because I have been there and seen that and that kind of
thing - but I'd
rather be there myself than look at a photo of it. Thats
really all I meant
when we started. sure sorry I said "sad" though. I'm much
better at comedy.
The b/w shot with the inside/outside theme makes a strong
case for your
"improvement" but also my rabbit. You saw the potential for
a statement in
what existed. You brought it to our attention and showed
craft in the
realization of it.
But
> I am not angry. Yes, it is an old argument, but it is an unsettled one,
> and there are many valid opinions attendant to it.
> Paul
Yup - but you sounded angry - guess we both did. sigh.
Happy shooting.
annsan
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