Frankly, Derby, I don't care if you don't like her work very much. Nor do I care that others are of similar opinion. As I said before, her work isn't that high in my sights either. But I do admire her use of lighting and concept, attention to detail. And I thought "A Photographer's Life" was much better than her commercial work, even if she herself said that she doesn't really do much of this kind of photography ... that's *my* opinion.
Whether the results are 'soulless' to you is a matter of personal opinion, which I respect but is no disparagement of the person. What I dislike is the way people on this list, not being partial to a particular photographer's work, seem to want to attack the person, not just express that they dislike the art. To me, that is simply wrong and uncalled for. G On Feb 11, 2008, at 11:11 PM, Derby Chang wrote: > I can only speak for myself, but I really don't think I am envious. > Her > photography, with one exception*, leaves me cold. She has a high > concept, but in the effort to smooth every wrinkle out of the > execution, > for me wrings all life out of the result. > > And I have read through A Photographer's Life. A well meaning friend > gave to me as a gift. I alluded to this in a previous post. When the > high artiface of her commerical work is removed, it reveals...well > nothing much. Her Sontag photos, aside from the appalling lapse of > taste > that allowed her to publish them which Sontag, were she alive, would > have forbidden, leave me with no insight other than shock value. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
