Alan Edward Klein
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That was my point. We're in agreement.
That was my point. We're in agreement.That's all very fine and good when talking about photojournalism and evidentiary photographs. But this conversation was started about ART. Art has no need of ethical standards for how to include or exclude subject matter (plenty of other ethical standards could/should be applied, but the method of getting to Point B, with art, is largely irrelevant). Not all photography is art, and not all art is photography.
I think the problem occurred when a reference was made to "truth".That's all very fine and good when talking about photojournalism and evidentiary photographs. But this conversation was started about ART. Art has no need of ethical standards for how to include or exclude subject matter (plenty of other ethical standards could/should be applied, but the method of getting to Point B, with art, is largely irrelevant). Not all photography is art, and not all art is photography.
Art doesn't have to be truthful or not truthful. It doesn;t have to tell a story. It can inspire awe, gladden the heart, or just be visually beautiful.I think the problem occurred when a reference was made to "truth".
I posted that photographs aren't truth.
I probably should have posted that truth and art may coincide, but frequently don't.
But isn't the remains of the spider or fly art--kind of like the banana duct-taped to the wall last December at Art Basel?Photographic images are but a something hung on a wall to hide the 'remains' of either the large spider or that 'annoying' fly that was 'crushed' by a rapid hefty splat of the rubberized fly swatter.
Ken
I got spiders who take care of that...Photographic images are but a something hung on a wall to hide the 'remains' of either the large spider or that 'annoying' fly that was 'crushed' by a rapid hefty splat of the rubberized fly swatter.
Ken
But isn't the remains of the spider or fly art--kind of like the banana duct-taped to the wall last December at Art Basel?
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YES!! and someone ate it after it was bought ...The Banana is still 'edible' when you are hungry
YES!! and someone ate it after it was bought ...
If you cannot change your position, camera angle or lens to not show only one cow, then by demonstrated facts you would have shown me that your photographs are not worth my time to look at.
If you cannot change your position, camera angle or lens to not show only one cow, then by demonstrated facts you would have shown me that your photographs are not worth my time to look at.
Unless you have physical or mental problems, your brain doesn;t see cows if they weren't in the scene to begin with.
So my wife and I were out driving today, and this sign presented itself:Have an issue with cows?
This thread certainly went in an udderly unexpected direction.
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