A tired quip,I know, but..."To be known as a great photographer, you must throw away those that are only good."
Sorry if a thread distraction! Jack --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Jerry in Arizona <glewis4...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Jerry in Arizona <glewis4...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 8:50 AM > John, I think you are right on the > money. > > > From: John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago > Message-ID: <4bec1a38.2040...@nc.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > Stick my two cents in here ... for whatever it's worth. > > I'm one of those who doesn't "get" Eggelston. To me his > work looks like > a compilation of discarded snapshots purchased from yard > sales and flea > markets. > > But it's a matter of taste. Some people appreciate it, some > people > don't. Same could be said about any photographer. Annie > Liebowitz has > her fans ... so do Tony Sweet and Ken Rockwell. > > For me, a "good photograph" evokes a response from the > viewer - it could > be an emotional response or an intellectual response, but > it evokes > SOMETHING from the viewer other than boredom. > > That's why it's so hard to define a "good photograph", > because what > evokes a response from me might not evoke one from you. > There seem to be > some photographs that are universally acclaimed, some that > are not. > > How do you catalog the characteristics of those universally > acclaimed > photos to define goodness? What minimum of those > characteristics are > required for a new work to automatically become a "good > photograph"? > > I don't think anyone has yet found the surefire recipe. > > -- > 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.
