At least he's using film

RattyMouse · May 19, 2013

I'm not sure how good this is for photography, but at least it's all on film.

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/monkeys_blurry_photographs_expected_to_sell_for_up_to_100000_partner/

GregW · May 19, 2013

I love Komar and Melamid. If you ever get a chance to hear a talk by them, don't miss it! Brilliant and hilarious.

blansky · May 19, 2013

This is a massive step forward for chimp photography.

Finally they are getting the acclaim they deserve and perhaps once and for all they can escape the stereotype of just flinging poop as their main artistic outlet.

I think we'll see a lot of new art programs stepping up at zoos as they be trying to cash in on this miraculous art discovery.

I'm thinking a lot of canvas and brushes will be heading their way too.

In fact one day soon you'll hear " humaning" as the term describing looking at the back of a camera.

batwister · May 19, 2013

I want to be a monkey.

chriscrawfordphoto · May 19, 2013

Cats make better artists, and they did it first:

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Cats-Paint-Theory-Aesthetics/dp/0898156122

Nicholas Lindan · May 19, 2013

Elephants beat cats:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZxSPSWxwjI

Cats aren't painting - they do it because they think they are making a mess of your walls.

Ken Nadvornick · May 19, 2013

Nicholas Lindan said:
Cats aren't painting - they do it because they think they are making a mess of your walls.

So then... they really are artists after all??

Ken

benjiboy · May 19, 2013

batwister said:
I want to be a monkey.[/QUOTE
You can be if you wish, but a Chimp isn't a monkey, it's an ape

wy2l · May 19, 2013

Remember that old saying: "Human see, human do"?

RattyMouse · May 19, 2013

I only care about animals, lizards, or other creatures that use film.

batwister · May 19, 2013

benjiboy said:
You can be if you wish, but a Chimp isn't a monkey, it's an ape

...I was waiting for it.

Truzi · May 19, 2013

Hmm... did Ricardo Montalbán have anything to do with teaching that chimp to use a camera?

My first camera was my mother's Kodak Brownie Holiday (?) - and some of my first shots were more blurry than that chimp's (I was quite young).

Noble · May 19, 2013

desertratt said:
So much of "art" these days is pure gimmick. Anything to grab attention. The internet bloggers and so-called journalists who slobber over anything juvenile, obvious, tedious, faux-creative.

In before the obligatory, "you hate my Holga and only care about MTF charts."

Steve Smith · May 20, 2013

blansky said:
I'm thinking a lot of canvas and brushes will be heading their way too.

Already done.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_(chimpanzee)

Steve.

At least he's using film

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