Worth repeating, so I've left all of Guy's post below.
And kudos to the people who post on the gallery and comment on the
gallery photos. There are hundreds of mailing lists and forums on
photography on the web - what has always distinguished this one is
the gallery.
And Guy's room-sized pinholes are spectacular to view, but I doubt
they translate to the web. I'm glad I had the opportunity to see
them three (? four?) years ago in Montreal.
At 09:06 PM 2/4/2006, Guy Glorieux wrote:
Hmmm... I'm afraid I can't resist this one... -;)
One-thousand-four-hundred-and eigthy-one (1,481) digitally counted
words of self-glorification (unsupported by ANY evidence) and of
deprecation of other people's work (unsupported by ANY analytical
critique other than self-centered opinions).
With due respect, your endless list of bragging about over your
self-proclaimed skills and successes are less useful to me than the
worst picture ever posted on the PF gallery.
You say you have OPINIONS. My friend, these come a dime a dozen in
today's world! Opinions are of value if one can learn something
from them that will help one become a better photographer.
To be frank, I've learned more from my workshop students discussing
what's good and bad about their work. However bad a picture might
be, it will always have the invaluable merit of being the starting
point for a discussion about what IS a successfull photograph and
HOW to go about making one.
I teach my students what my teachers taught me: "Film is cheap,
experience is dear and talent comes from making plenty of
mistakes". Feel free to replace the word "film" with "pixels".
Regards,
Guy Glorieux
PS - The last time I used my 11x14 view camera was about two years
ago. I've since been too busy turning rooms into giant pinhole
cameras to create 9x12 feet paper negatives of the urban lanscape
(using DW fiber paper, hand-processed with archival standards and
selenium-toned). On the last shooting, I shot/processed 8 giant
paper negs before I was satisfied that the results were up to par
with my requirements. I used up a full roll of 100feet by 52in of
paper and lots of chemistry. I learned something significant on
each exposures. My friends keep asking "Why do you do this to yourself?"
When was it you said you last used your 11x14 view camera?
PPS - Fell free to critique my work. It's easy to find on the web.
Jeff Spirer
Photos: http://www.spirer.com
One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
