Or maybe it's just piffle. An email exchange I had with Brooks Jensen was one of the influences that caused him to produce these podcasts (Against What Criteria): http://www.lenswork.com/podcast/LW0638%20-%20Criteria%20Part%201.mp3 http://www.lenswork.com/podcast/LW0639%20-%20Criteria%20Part%202.mp3 Andrew On 01/24/2011 08:50 PM, Kim Mosley wrote: > For me, there is an element of dada in this picture. In the same way > that Marcel Duchamp put a urinal on a pedestal, we see a rather ordinary > snapshot enlarged to human proportions. It opens our eyes, showing us > how to see something commonplace in a very new way. Some of the > commenters from the list seem to want to judge the work rather than > experience it. This is a trap. The photographer is asking us to open our > eyes and look at something that we might have discarded. Look at humans > in this both comic and tragic theatrical setting. What do we see? How is > this work more powerful and more universal than that done by a > "professional" wedding photographer? > > Kim > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:38 PM, David Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > An interesting series of comments about museums and art and how it got > there. > Nobody seems to be talking about what they see in looking at the photo - > some technical stuff but not what they SEE. > > I see a set of four people, three of which are interacting in a really > strange manner. > These folks are identified as 'bridesmaids' so we assume (???) that > they are > friends or at least friendly. > Not in this picture. The lady to the far right is really angry / > disgusted > at the lady on the left. > Miss center can't yet make up her mind about what just happened and > it must > really have been recent to get that difference in expressions. > Perhaps they > have just noticed that Miss left is three months pregnant and that > might be > inappropriate for this wedding gathering. Perhaps it is the > identity of the > father that's the problem. > > We have a mystery here waiting for a story to be told. > > And then there's that really mysterious lady in the background. Not > in the > same kind of dress - so not a bridesmaid. > Perhaps she's the matron / maid of honor and has been left out of the > 'festivities'. > > This whole drama is being played out in the woods - not the usual > venue for > wedding. > > Anyway, that's what I see looking at the image. I'm sure more would > come > out looking at the real image in the large so that more detail would be > apparent. > > Cheers, > James > > Original Message ----- From: "Lea Murphy" <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:22 AM > > Subject: Re: museum collections? > > > > > > This is a link to one of the images I was really wondering about. > How this > ended up on a museum wall I'd love to know. > > > > http://collections.kemperart.org/Obj651$6 > > > > > > > your kids . my camera . we'll click > www.leamurphy.com <http://www.leamurphy.com> > > > > > > > > -- > Kim Mosley > mrkimmosley@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mrkimmosley@xxxxxxxxx> > Website: http://kimmosley.com > Blog: http://kimmosley.com/blog -- http://andrewsharpe.com
