10 Photographers you should ignore

kerrpanda · Apr 6, 2012

This is so well written I almost missed it!
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Mainecoonmaniac · Apr 6, 2012

Wow. Photo snark.

nhemann · Apr 6, 2012

Actually not so bad - IF you ignore the bad title and the lousy attempt at tongue in cheek sarcasm. The tone comes off a little too snide and sardonic.

MattKing · Apr 6, 2012

I liked this - both times I read it

http://www.apug.org/forums/forum54/98747-photographers-you-should-ignore.html

rcam72 · Apr 6, 2012

After looking at some of my recent prints, I think I should be on the list.

brucemuir · Apr 6, 2012

nhemann said:
The tone comes off a little too snide and sardonic.

Makes you wonder who peed in his oatmeal

David Allen · Apr 6, 2012

So depressingly cynical it ruined my day.

David
www.dsallen.de

John Austin · Apr 6, 2012

Reading a couple of comments was almost amusing, after that the comments were predicable and in my opinion not as cynical or depressing as has been suggested, actually a bit boring

John

CGW · Apr 6, 2012

MattKing said:
I liked this - both times I read it

http://www.apug.org/forums/forum54/98747-photographers-you-should-ignore.html

Funny how people "got" it last November and saw the humor but oddly took offense this time--weird.

micwag2 · Apr 6, 2012

I wonder how many horrible shots are in his portfolio? That guy needs to be clocked in the head with a very heavy TLR. Where's my Mamiya?

removed account4 · Apr 6, 2012

yes, they should all be ignored

Richard S. (rich815) · Apr 6, 2012

Obviously satire but I could not stop singing in my head "one of these things is not like the others,,,"

Mainecoonmaniac · Apr 6, 2012

Maybe the critics can show their own photos?

Jeff Kubach · Apr 6, 2012

Mainecoonmaniac said:
Maybe the critics can show their own photos?

+1

Jeff

Zewrak · Apr 6, 2012

I find it amusing how many people there is that get offended.

removed account4 · Apr 6, 2012

Zewrak said:
I find it amusing how many people there is that get offended.

as jr "bob" dobbs and his subgenii say ".....-'em if they can't take a joke"

Old-N-Feeble · Apr 6, 2012

His argument against Adams is that inexperienced or out-of-practice photographers miss their shots because they can't decide on shadow exposure quickly enough? Sorry but I quit reading after that. If the article is satirical then I guess I'll never see that for myself.

CGW · Apr 6, 2012

Old-N-Feeble said:
His argument against Adams is that inexperienced or out-of-practice photographers miss their shots because they can't decide on shadow exposure quickly enough? Sorry but I quit reading after that. If the article is satirical then I guess I'll never see that for myself.

That this blatantly satirical piece outraged/offended you suggests that a) you're humorless and self-regarding and/or b) can't see more than a grain of truth in the joke. News flash--that's what satire is. Lighten up.

Mainecoonmaniac · Apr 6, 2012

People, photographers being included in the group are products of their time. But most if not all the photographers mentioned here did work against the current styles of their time. Adams photos today might seem trite and overdone now. But he took photography in a new direction away from Pictorialism. Arbus' photos were shocking during a time when photos were supposed to be nice n' pretty. She had an obsession with "freaks". She portrayed them as just another facet of humanity.

You know what they say about critics? They're like palace eunuchs? They can watch but can't do it That's what I love about art, they're aren't any rights or wrongs. The worst can happen is you get offended. That means that the viewer has ventured outside of their comfort zone which is good.

Old-N-Feeble · Apr 6, 2012

CGW said:
That this blatantly satirical piece outraged/offended you suggests that a) you're humorless and self-regarding and/or b) can't see more than a grain of truth in the joke. News flash--that's what satire is. Lighten up.

Speaking of someone whoe doesn't recognize satire.

c6h6o3 · Apr 6, 2012

"A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic." - Jean Sibelius

CGW · Apr 6, 2012

Old-N-Feeble said:
Speaking of someone whoe doesn't recognize satire.

So cute.

Old-N-Feeble · Apr 6, 2012

CGW said:
So cute.

One thing I haven't been called in a very long time is "cute". But I appreciate the sentiment.

Thomas Bertilsson · Apr 6, 2012

c6h6o3 said:
"A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic." - Jean Sibelius

Great quote.

artonpaper · Apr 6, 2012

I thought for sure Cindy Sherman would be there. I don't know if I see that as satire. It seems plain old cynical. And then I ask what do they mean by ignore? Never look at again? Don't think about them? There are a host of photographers whose work bores me to tears, but I always look at new work of theirs if I come across it, and thoughts may or may not form. I think the article is good as a debate topic, but I wonder if they have a list of ten photographers that they think we should pay a lot of attention to. Then we could see where this is going. As it is, it's just a grumpy opinion piece meant to provoke.

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