Hi, I'm afraid it leaves out all of the materialists and monists among us too, Jostein.
Ain't got no soul. <g> --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 7:47:33 PM, you wrote: > The Norwegian Museum of Photography opened a portraits exhibition on > May 5th. Featuring 25 Arnold Newman portraits, among many others. > Leif Preus, the founder of the museum and himself a good photographer, > defined portraits this way in his opening speech: > "A portrait is the result of a cooperation between two persons on each > side of a camera. The result should be an image that goes beyond the > mere description of skin and eyes to capture the pictured person's > soul." > If that is to be followed, it leaves me out all together, I think. > Most of my "portraits" are candids of people and animals. Or animals > that are very well aware of my presence and _pretend_ to ignore me... > On my way out from the exhibition, I bought Frans Lanting's book "Eye > to Eye". Fascinating book, but I still can't decide if his animal > pictures are portraits in Leif Preus' definition. > On one hand, it's a long shot to claim to know something about the > soul of any beast. On the other hand, Lanting's technique is often to > study and mimick animal behavoiur so carefully that he can make the > animals "cooperate" by simply ignoring his presence and go on with > their normal business. > Jostein > http://oksne.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
