Oh, you meant THAT Eggleston! Actually, I like a few of his images of roadside signs, but I agree that much of his work is gruesome and pointless, like his 'portrait" of the freezer compartment of a refrigerator.
Dan On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gee, I don't know how you can say Eggleston's work is distasteful. > This one, for example, is downright charming: > > http://www.egglestonphotography.com/portfolio.html > > Dan > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have a philosophy?... Thanks Bill... :-) >> >> If I have one, it's simply that I when I find a subject that moves me >> to press the shutter button, I try to think about how to best render >> the subject so that the viewer will also know why I pressed the >> shutter button. >> >> That's likely why I found Eggleston's work distasteful. It struck me >> as largely antipodal to my own. I saw no reason for him to have >> pressed the shutter button, much less feel that the images were >> display worthy. >> >> I know others see something in it. I saw something in some of them... >> but a number of them, like the bags of garbage and the oven >> interior... >> >> I suppose I feel as Mark said. OK, maybe his work is interesting in >> some respects, but I saw a big disparity between what he actually >> produced and the amount of adulation received. >> >> Tom C. >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:14 PM, William Robb <war...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" >>> Subject: Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago >>> >>> I'm quite enjoying the exchange of ideas. >>> Both Doug and Tom are photographers whose images I respect at worst, and >>> like a whole lot at best. Getting their philosophies as well is huge. >>> >>> William Robb >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
