Well, I'd really rather use an avocado. Is that okay?
Don
Roger Eichhorn wrote:
Ahh! I have visions of a "pepper gallery" competition. The many
protagonists involved in this discussion will photograph bell peppers
purchased at their local market, and submit their best efforts to be
critiqued and judged by Bob Maxey and each other. To make the
competition fair, they will have to agree to use the same type of
camera. I would suggest Brownies or an 11X14 equipped with a
Hypergon lens, but all may not have access to them so a popular one-
time use camera should suffice.
Andy could easily set this up and serve as a second to the winner in
the duels that will surely follow.
Roger
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On 6 Feb 2006, at 18:37, Don Roberts wrote:
Elson, don't for a minute consider yourself ignorant or a failure
because you don't see much in Weston's peppers. I have been involved
in photography as a livelihood and and a personal compulsion for
over 50 years and I never saw much in those photos either except as
an exercise in lighting. The only thing in this thread that amazes
me is that so many intelligent, experienced photographers seem to be
reluctant to admit that there are many different kinds of
photography besides what drives them and many different preferences
in visual {and other) forms. Too many here make the assumption that
art drives the photo bus, or scenics, or science, or self
exploration. The truth, and you all know it, is that there are many
equally valid uses and applications for any form of human endeavor.
Get your heads out of your respective body parts and read what
people are saying and take a little time to think before you leap
screaming into the fray. My friends and I often recommend movies,
plays, books or music to each other and then ask what the other
person thought. If they don't share our enthusiasm, that's okay.
They are not me; I am not them. It would be a hell of a boring
world if we all liked the same things and thought alike. But that's
my viewpoint. You are not me. If you prefer to scream and shout
and run about, feel free. I just get tired of seeing ill considered
opinions and misinterpretations blown into tirades about
photographic heresies. This seems to be becoming an increasingly
contentious age so perhaps we are all victims of the times. Sad
thought.
Don Roberts
Elson T. Elizaga wrote:
Forgive my ignorance and my failure to see. I'm astonished about my
comment myself. Sometimes I share with other photographers the same
or similar reaction to an admired photograph -- such as "Afghan
Girl" by Steve McCurry -- sometimes I don't. In my place, I
sometimes find myself watching a movie, such as "Mystic River" (and
recently "Beautiful Boxer"), and discovered only less than people
with me. But I love these films. I've just been watching "Seven
Samurai" and "Hidden Fortress" by Akira Kurosawa (who else?), but
I'm not moved -- perhaps, not yet -- by Weston's "Pepper".
I've read some articles about the photograph. But then, it's a
photograph, it's supposed to strike us by its being a photograph,
not by the volumes of text about it, right?
lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Elson,
I am astonished by your comment. If you are seriously interested in
photography look at a lot of it and read what is being said about
it. I
just saw a magnificent Weston exhibit and even after decades of
seeing
his prints (the real prints) I was deeply moved by there clarity of
intent and perfection. Perhaps because he is one of the most
imitated
photographers along with Adams his work may not seem special to you.
I am not bashing Elson,
AZ
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