Rand, Much as I like ol' Dave's writing and technical info, I have to say that his pictures bore the pants off me. Of course some of my pictures that I really am interested in operate more on an intellectual level than artistic or aesthetic. One theory about cutting-edgy-ness in art is that it has to annoy. I don't mean to say that artists should even think about that. Once a kind of art becomes commonplace then another new thing has to come along. This is cyclical and old stuff has to come back and get people all aroused again since really new things are rare. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Looking through old magazines > From: "rand flory" <ferret@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, March 20, 2004 1:34 pm > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Alan, > > Can't argue with you on this one. My work pleases myself and few > others. But > I am not foolish enough to say, as Vestal did, that those who don't > like my > work are simply not paying attention. And I wouldn't mind having a few > crowd > pleasers in my portfolio. Crowd pleasers are not necessarily bad art, > as > Vestal seems to imply (although admittedly he may not actually be > implying > that, but it does kind of come across that way). > > peace > > rand > > ----- Original Message ----- > | > | Rand, > | Having read Vestal for about thirty years or so I’m used to > his > rant. His mantra has always been: > | do your own thing, please yourself, and don’t worry about > popular > taste. Good > | advise, in my opinion. Oh, and don’t forget to hang with those > who > are generally thought to be > | good at what they do. > | > | AZ > |
