On 5/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sort of agree, frank. But here it is without pole. > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/images/flyby2.jpg <snip>
Well, it's "prettier" without the pole, but to my mind (and hell, this isn't ~my~ series, so what I think about it means jack) this stuff ain't about pretty. It's about man's intrusion on nature, or at least man's intrusion on the hills of that part of California. To me, the pole and telephone wires are an essential part of that story, and thus should be there, aesthetics-be-damned. The other thing that I'd consider is that this series, while it certainly is "art" (don't get me started on art!), is also like a type of reportage. Were it me (which it isn't) I wouldn't consider cloning or otherwise manipulating the images in any way. These are about reality, not aesthetics. That would be my view, anyway... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
