--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That you are not making a picture of something, but that you are
> MAKING SOMETHING, should be etched into the mind of every
> photographer, along with
> the concept of not merely showing what the subject is, but going
> further and showing what it is not, what it means, why it exists, how
> it exists, and so on.
Shel, I can follow along with the "making something" and even "showing
what it is not" but "what it means"? Why it exists?
If any photographer (or painter or sculptor or poet or composer) were
able to pull that off, it would mean the end of philosophical inquiry.
We'd have it all figured out and could sit back and sip cool refreshing
beverages.
I see artistic effort more as a subversive activity -- upsetting
preconceived notions, jamming things together in unusual ways, and
replacing complacency with questions -- than as answers or solutions.
I also think this attitude could unnecessarily intimidate someone who
wants to pursue photography -- composing a shot should not mean bearing
the heavy burden of explaining the why and how of the subject's
existence.
*>UncaMikey
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