You are making strong points here Godfrey, and I agree with the fact that without intention there is no art, in the end all this discussion is about the process of how this intention is communicated from the artist to its audience. At least from me the critic goes to part of what is considered art photography (specifically part of conceptual photography) that demands the viewer to "read" the concept from a textbook, not read the concept from the piece of art (photos) because is not there, not even in a cryptic way, you have to read it from somewhere else. The critic was no to art in general, not from me, I'm not that extreme ;-)
On 8/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Making art photography is an exercise that is not related to > accessibility or like-ability. Most people can master a technically > good photograph with today's cameras. Many people can make a good > photograph in a compositional sense. Not many produce art. > > It is the intent, the expression, and the interpretation together > that define a piece as art, and also provide a meter as to whether it > succeeds or fails in the context of the artist's intent. Without > intent, no photograph is art ... they're all just pretty pictures or > documentary recordings of a scene. > > To look at photographs purely as pretty pictures and insist that they > must be accessible to all is to miss the vast majority of the ideas, > emotions, expressions that photographers might wish to convey. This > saddens me. > > There is room for pretty pictures and art photographs in the world to > coexist. It is not necessary that every photograph be a pretty > picture, or be a piece of art. And it is also not necessary that > every piece of art be accessible to every person's appreciation, or > even if it is, be liked by every person who appreciates it. > > If you see a photograph that you don't "get", you can comment, or > not, as seems fitting. If you want to try to understand it (or more > specifically, understand the photographer's intent behind it...) and > expand your ability to appreciate such work, commenting and/or asking > a question is the only way to go. > > Godfrey > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
