Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Googled, cool. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/27/2014 7:42:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@paper-ape.com writes: on 2014-01-26 23:10 eactiv...@aol.com wrote > Interesting. Never heard of that, at all. see if your library has any books of Man Ray's work -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-27 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-26 23:10 eactiv...@aol.com wrote Interesting. Never heard of that, at all. see if your library has any books of Man Ray's work -- 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

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-27 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Reality is living in one of the 48 states that dont have legalized recreational marijuana. On 1/27/2014 5:04 PM, John wrote: Reality: It's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. On 1/27/2014 4:28 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Jan 26, 2014, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-27 Thread John
Reality: It's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. On 1/27/2014 4:28 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Jan 26, 2014, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go you one better -- What is reality? "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Lessee -- five mil

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Philip K. Dick, a science fiction writer. On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: >> >> Go you one better -- What is reality? > > "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." > > Lessee -- five million quatlo

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > > Go you one better -- What is reality? "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Lessee -- five million quatloos to the first person who identifies the author. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-27 Thread John
Wasn't really about photography though. It was all about museums & curators. On 1/26/2014 1:59 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I read it thoroughly. It was worth my while. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:38 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I skimmed it, there may actually be a new thought in there, but it's not wort

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Eactivist
Interesting. Never heard of that, at all. Marnie Still amused by exploding heads, subject photographs of said event, and/or selfies of said event, which will be an actual objective event. Or something like that. :-) In a message dated 1/26/2014 3:18:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, webster

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread P.J. Alling
I think that putting leaves or other items on a sensitized material and exposing to light, used to be called something like photogram. There was a "scientific play" kit that came with plastic "negatives" a frame to hold the paper and of course a light sensitive paper that turned sort of purple

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Eactivist
Yes I found that part intriguing. Hadn't thought about it, now I might try it. (i.e. scanner image/collage). Marnie aka Doe :-) It was an interesting article, Paul. In a message dated 1/26/2014 1:27:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: And according to some of the

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:03 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > Go you one better -- What is reality? > > My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in > between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) > And according to some of the art museum curators interviewed for th

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Eactivist
We aim to please. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/26/2014 10:26:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: I think my head's going to explode. cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: >Go you one better -- What is reality? > >My definition: a photograph is ar

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread knarf
Meant to say it will be "subjective", too... Cheers frank Stanley Halpin wrote: > >On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, knarf wrote: > >> I think my head's going to explode. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> > >Hold on Frank - I’ll be right over to take a photo of that event… I >suspect it will be a subject

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread knarf
I'll take a selfie of the event. That will be subject too. But it will be a representation of a real event... :-) Cheers, frank Stanley Halpin wrote: > >On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, knarf wrote: > >> I think my head's going to explode. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> > >Hold on Frank - I’ll be ri

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, knarf wrote: > I think my head's going to explode. > > cheers, > frank > Hold on Frank - I’ll be right over to take a photo of that event… I suspect it will be a subjective interpretation. stan > eactiv...@aol.com wrote: >> Go you one better -- What is reality?

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Bruce Walker
I read it thoroughly. It was worth my while. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:38 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > I skimmed it, there may actually be a new thought in there, but it's not > worth my while to find out. > > > On 1/26/2014 11:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> An article in today’s Times that’s rel

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread P.J. Alling
I skimmed it, there may actually be a new thought in there, but it's not worth my while to find out. On 1/26/2014 11:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: An article in today’s Times that’s relevant to recent discussions: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/arts/design/with-cameras-optional-new-direction

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread knarf
I think my head's going to explode. cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: >Go you one better -- What is reality? > >My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in > >between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) > >Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Eactivist
Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airp

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread J.C. O'Connell
On 1/26/2014 11:34 AM, Bob W wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: Same goes for "what is a movie"? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? Or you could go further, as the Frenc

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Bob W
On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W wrote: > >> On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: >> >> Same goes for "what is a movie"? > > That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. B > On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin,

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Bob W
On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:40, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W wrote: > >>> On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: >>> >>> Same goes for "what is a movie"? >> >> That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. >> >> On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask w

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: >On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: >> >> Same goes for "what is a movie"? >> > >That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. > >On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? >Or you could go further, as the French cineast

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Bob W
On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: > > Same goes for "what is a movie"? > That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? Or you could go further, as the French cineastes do, and ask what is

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Same goes for "what is a movie"? -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -- -- 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.

What is a Photograph?

2014-01-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
An article in today’s Times that’s relevant to recent discussions: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/arts/design/with-cameras-optional-new-directions-in-photography.html?_r=0 “The iPhone, the scanner and Photoshop are yielding a daunting range of imagery, and artists mining these new technologie