Re: A difference of Opinion

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On 3/18/13 7:41 PM, Mario Pires wrote:
Or on a Google + Hangout

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On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


    I sometimes think PF would be good on Skype.


    On Mar 18, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Don Roberts wrote:

    Does anyone else get nostalgic reading this discussion?  I love it.
    Don


    On 3/18/13 11:13 AM, RsLittle wrote:
    Well I dont fault yoram, but I know I had to take a class on
    basically how to critique art. Â When comments show an ill
informed opinion by making statements as if you know better. Â Rather then statements of opinion. Â Statements that show a
    lack of photo history and technique.i migh not say what Jan
    said. Or I might. Â Either way what Jan said has a blunt direct
    truth in it. Â Â


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    -------- Original message --------
    From: karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    <mailto:shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Date: 03/18/2013 8:53 AM (GMT-08:00)
    To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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    Subject: Re: A difference of Opinion


    >Yes, Yoram is entitled to his opinion,

    bloody oath he is, they're his eyes and it's his mind,  anyone
    who puts
    anything out in public is doing so with the full knowledge that
    people see
through the filter of their own dogma and experience.  There's no point
    getting all bent out of shape when someone doesn't see things
    the way the
    creator intended.. that's just life.  Heck, I've been known to
    send back
    restaurant meals that don't mention they include coriander
    (cilantro).


    The fact that Yoram chose to hare his opinions should be
    considered a good
    thing, it's not long we have a dearth of reviews normally.  If
    Yoram was a
    paying customer, I'd be happier he told me precisely what he
    thought rather
    than going with another photographer.. so maybe there is
    something in his
    comments that people *can* take away with them... even 'I don't
    like it" is
    a good starting place to learn what it is he is seeing/not seeing.

    I gave a student a low mark, and before I had a chance to
    explain they blew
    up, defending the image and trying to confer how much time, how
    much care
    they'd put into it...  my criticism was the pole protruding
    from the head of
    the subject.  They hadn't seen it.  Sure, basic mistake for
    ME, not so to
    them as their eyes saw some elements of the image and not
    others.  Mine saw
    differently.


    One could argue that Yoram, by putting his opinion out in public
    should be
    just as accepting of criticism, but criticizing the critic is
    poor form to
    me - in a collegial environment a negative comment might be
    viewed as
    opening a dialogue (which is what I see happening ;)

    ..I've heard it said one can learn as much about the critic as
    the object of
    their criticism if they look hard.

    I don't generally criticize intent or creative merits here,
    restricting
    myself to what *I* see as technical faults.. but that's my
    choice.  I view
    'art' as the process of a craftsman anyway, a chair, a
    sculpture, a photo, a
    piece of music..


    k
    (not a Bieblieber)







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