Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very interesting and amusing. Thanks for the link. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > > Quite a little story... > > Pull quote: > It is, of course, absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever > heard of “iconic

Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-25 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I liked the photographer's attitude. :-) But I agree with the thread title, it's quite absurd. Then again, the article is published to and for the mac cult, and it's not really surprising that anything about mr. Jobs achieve icon status there, imo. Jostein Darren Addy wrote: >Quite a little st

Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-25 Thread lrc
I've got to admit that the Mac UI is iconic. "AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne" wrote: >I liked the photographer's attitude. :-) >But I agree with the thread title, it's quite absurd. Then again, the >article is published to and for the mac cult, and it's not really >surprising that anything about mr. J

Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-25 Thread Miserere
I see what you did there, Larry. Nice :-) Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 25 January 2013 23:49, wrote: > I've got to admit that the Mac UI is iconic. > > "AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne"

Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-26 Thread Bruce Walker
Great story! On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Quite a little story... > > Pull quote: > It is, of course, absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever > heard of “iconic.” Iconic photographs are by their very nature famous. > Yet sometimes photographs have the quality of

Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Didn't it occur to you, Darren, that in order for article to be published on a web site whose name is _cult_ of mac, it has to include the word "iconic" somewhere in the text... Naturally I am not being serious here... On 1/25/2013 9:49 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Quite a little story... Pull quo

Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-26 Thread Boris Liberman
You meant to say "epic", did you not, Bruce? /wink, wink/ On 1/26/2013 5:08 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Great story! On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Quite a little story... Pull quote: It is, of course, absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of “iconic.” Iconi