Sounds good. Just look carefeully at your topic and realize your paper is about a question, not out to seek an answer. Is photography art has many derrivations. The painters versus photographers is one of many. Is craft art? may serve you with some additional paragraphs. S ----- Original Message ----- From: "kostas papakotas" <kostaspapakotas@hotmail.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@ase-listmail.rit.edu> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: Re: Photography as Art? > > > >I am a photography major working on a Bachelors at Brigham young University > >Idaho. I am writing a paper for an English class, and have chosen the > >topic of "Is Photography Art?" > > well i vividly recall the words of a greek art critic, > " art is not what you say, it is the way you say it" > taken that under consideration, art is the way we compose and print a photo. > a candid shot, or even a sports shot is not art (to me) unless otherwise > intented... > > I wish to pose this question to all of you on the list, and I humbly request > all of your opinios on the matter. I also would like to ask everyone why do > you photograph? and what, if anything, are you trying to "say" with your > photography? > to that i'll have to lead you to "chilled dellirioum"'s quote in another > subject reply" > > "Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen." > > --- Robert Bresson > > > so...personally i feel i'm trying doing that succesfully just by > photographic parts of an object or a scene-, but maybe it is not for the > others, it is for me i'm doing it, just another effort to discover > myself.... > > hope that helps,best luck with your paper, kostas > > > =============================================== > so... no matter what, CHEER UP MY FRIENDS! Life is too precious to jump the > other side of the fence... > kostas papakotas / clenched teeth photography > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/home.htm > 'COS SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER WITH CLENCHED TEETH! > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >
