Regarding my image of the lace factory last week: I am completely comfortable with Emily's comment about the name and location of the factory. We can learn things from critical comments -- even when we reject them. We can even debate the critical points.
What is disgusting, however, are personal attacks on critics and artists. Occasional instances of these are bearable, but when they are constantly spewed -- especially accompanied by pitiful self-aggrandizment -- it leaves a decidedly unpleasant taste.
It's true that hitting the delete button is always an option, but why must people have to see it before they delete it?. Or, perhaps deleting before reading is also an option. But I resent having to resort to that.
Although the Forum is unmoderated, I think that a small degree of moderation is necessary following a history of abuse.
-yoram
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Like I said - you’re a cynic Emily:Everybody else calls it “negative space” as it is a design feature. If this was done for a commercial client, they would have space to drop some type into.Bob Sull - Lorain Lighthouse
An awful lot of big negative spaces here. They are not an asset to the image.
The Title? You pick up the name of the factory and blast him about that? I have to say, that’s really petty.Yoram Gelman - Inactive Chair at former Scranton Lace Factory, Scranton, Pennsylvania
It's a nice bentwood chair, the palette is lovely, the darkness is well managed, but there's no reason to include Lace Factory, or Scranton for that matter, in the title, as none of that appears in the image.
Yeah, the snow is always dirtier on the other side of the fence.David Dyer-Bennet - Snow lace
Miserable dirty end of winter snow, kinda, sorta lacy. It would probably have taken a whole day of checking out every spot of nearly melted snow in a 2 mile square area to find the one which actually could be construed to be lacy. And then to get it backlit with a nice, cold late sunset light - now that would have been something to shoot.
The greatest? I agree it’s better than yours, but the greatest? It’s not my favorite. My favorite is the one with all that unneeded space.John Palcewski - Musician
Many vital and strong things here - the proud roman nose and well contrasted profile, the eternal street musician's red mother-of-pearl piano accordian, the look of concentration in the face, the stretched hand. How many who viewed the gallery this week noticed the strongest item down at the bottom.
I guess I will have to not locate any of my shots in the gallery in the future unless they include a sign with the name of the town on it.
Art FaulThe Artist Formerly Known as Prints------Art for Cars: art4carz.comStills That Move: http://www.artfaul.comGreens: http://www.inkjetprince.comCamera Works - The Washington Post.
