At least he's using film

[RattyMouse]

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]

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]

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]

I want to be a monkey.

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

Cats make better artists, and they did it first:

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

 

[Nicholas Lindan]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[RattyMouse]

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

 

[batwister]

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

...I was waiting for it.

 

[Truzi]

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]

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]

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.