To be fair, I don't think Gursky ever said Rhine II "represents reality":
"I wasn’t interested in an unusual, possibly picturesque view of the Rhine, but in the most contemporary possible view of it. Paradoxically, this view of the Rhine cannot be obtained in situ; a fictitious construction was required to provide an accurate image of a modern river." More here: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gursky-the-rhine-ii-p78372/text-summary Cheers, frank On 29 September, 2015 11:07:37 PM EDT, "P.J. Alling" <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >And that's pretty much the only real difference. We have two highly >manipulated images, neither of which comes even close to existing in >reality. Yet one sold for 4.3 Million, the other is posted on >facebook. I'm neither defending or condemning either image, but >neither >is an unmanipulated photograph. If you don't claim that your picture >is >created in camera, then anything goes. Hell, I have, somewhere, books >describing how to put interesting skies into black and white prints, in > >the darkroom. Photoshop just makes it easier. The issue I have is >when >someone represents a composite photo as reality. > >On 9/29/2015 10:57 PM, Knarf wrote: >> Well, for one thing Rhine II sold for $4.3 million while this piece >of dreck is on Facebook. >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >> On 29 September, 2015 10:13:37 PM EDT, "P.J. Alling" ><webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Though the technique leaves a bit to be desired, is this really any >>> different than Rhine II? >>> >>> On 9/29/2015 8:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> I'm normally averse to grabbing other people's shots from Facebook, >>>> but this fake really pissed me off. I forget who the (claimed) >>>> photographer is, but that's just as well. This is allegedly an >>> "antler >>>> arch" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming photographed at such an angle as to >>> put >>>> the lunar eclipse right next to it. Count the ways in which this >>>> screams "fake"... before you even try opening it up in Photoshop >and >>>> brightening it enough to see how shitty the cut-and-paste really >was. >>>> >>>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/FakeRedMoon.jpg >>>> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
