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All depends on how you like your canon cooked and served, I guess.
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.
No mention of ruin porn or its progenitors. Does this mean I can shoot my beloved urban decay without being ridiculed?
Great quote.
NO!! <evil smiley> (why don't we have an evil grinning smiley? they're all cute innocent little smileys. what's up with that?!)
:devil: You just need to know where to look!
No mention of ruin porn or its progenitors. Does this mean I can shoot my beloved urban decay without being ridiculed?
YES!!
Ignore - as in "Don't emulate these folks - instead develop your own vision; you aren't going to do Adams/Arbus/HCB better than they did it themselves."
Good advice, if you ask me. Have to say I agree with everything I read in the article..
Cheap criticism and a cheap shot. Even if the idea is not to copy the style of other photographers when everyone of those photographers were inspired by their peers. And if you are inspired by those on the list, you can't copy them, but you can learn a valuable lesson by trying.
That is what I love about today, lets just be grumpy and snarky because we are too cool to be affirmative and supportive. And there is nothing more enjoyable than tearing down our peers.
HELL NO!!!
I thought for sure Cindy Sherman would be there . . .
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