On 5/12/2010 4:45 PM, Tom C wrote:
A bad photograph is one that a person sees once and never cares to
look at again.
Tom C.
Tom, I am thinking (in fact I am recalling having been told by someone
else) that unsuccessful photograph (notice, not bad per se) is one that
a viewer will forget very soon after they look at it. And the sooner the
viewer forgets (assuming they have healthy memory) the worse the photo is.
Naturally, it goes the other way. Good photos are those that you
remember. I am thinking that really good photos are those that you try
to shoot yourself on a whim, like going along the Chicago street, seeing
a scene, making a shot and immediately thinking - "gee, I saw that shot
made by (Juan Buhler *wink*); mine is somewhat similar"...
Now, in both cases these notions are strictly individual. I think it was
Doug who said that he quite liked the Eggleston, whereas I remember
discussing it with AnnSan and may be with mister Robb and others that I
have hard time comprehending it because I am not American by a long shot
- it does not grab me. Having said that I still remember that wonderful
photograph of a light from the plane window going through a glass of
some drink and two ladies holding their cigarettes.
Boris
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