Hi John,
Are they really snapshots? Do you not expend some effort reaching the
locale, getting set up, in the right spot, using a desired focal
length lens, and then set aperture and shutter speed, and compose,
then fine-tune?
If so, then they're not really snapshots, to my way of thinking. While
maybe not what you would consider art, you must certainly have
criteria for judging how successful your shots are, and some you are
no doubt sublimely happy with, while others must be considered
failures, and the range between both ends of the spectrum.
Personally, liking cars and auto racing, I would consider a well
composed, thought out, aesthetically pleasing photo of a race car, a
work of art.
Tom C.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 01:40:06PM -0400, Tom C wrote:
>> Hi Doug, (take everything I say as not an argument, but more or less musing)
>>
>> I don't know the history of Eggleston or how/why he became famous.
> {snip, snip]
>> I called his photographs crappy because I found them largely devoid of
>> any discernible style or intent, and I did not find them aesthetically
>> pleasing. I did not enjoy the majority of them individually nor did I
>> see any cohesiveness as a group. If that was what he was shooting for,
>> he achieved it.
>
> There probably has to be a little more to it than that, though.
>
> The foregoing critique could pretty much describe most of my photography.
> Perhaps the intent is apparent in my action photographs (of cyclists or of
> race cars), but apart from that I produce snapshots rather than artwork.
>
> But I'm happy with that (and that I'm not a famous photographer).
>
> Perhaps that's part of it - if I tried to persuade you that my work had
> artistic merit (whatever that may be) you would judge it more harshly.
>
> (Again, not trying to be argumentative; just adding my musings to yours)
>
>
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