How do you spell "bullshit" in French?

removed account4 · Jan 23, 2016

eddie said:
I'd like to see it in person. I think, based on its size, it would be interesting to view from different distances. From monochrome to colors and back.

I'm always amazed by how many "arbiters" of acceptable art come out whenever there's a post about a successful photographer. It may not be to your liking, but calling something shit really reeks of something else.

no kidding eddie

blockend · Jan 24, 2016

The curator needs more puppies if he's to be taken seriously. Puppies, sunsets, pictures of leathery old dudes, and 20 x 16 prints of mountains with a moon at the back. At least you can tell what those are, and get right up to them to see if they're sharp, which is the only way of telling if the photographer is serious about his craft.

pdeeh · Jan 24, 2016

Normally I find myself in agreement with you, blockend, but on this occasion it's clear you have no idea what you are talking about.

In serious and informed discussions of these issues, the interlocutors should be fully aware that kittens are a measure of the moral good of a photograph, not puppies.

Kittens.

BMbikerider · Jan 24, 2016

According to Google translate the spelling you want is:

Connerie

blockend · Jan 24, 2016

pdeeh said:
Normally I find myself in agreement with you, blockend, but on this occasion it's clear you have no idea what you are talking about.

In serious and informed discussions of these issues, the interlocutors should be fully aware that kittens are a measure of the moral good of a photograph, not puppies.

Kittens.

Kittens sit high on the moral index, but homeless people with puppies are the best evidence of the moral character of the photographer. A homeless person with a lurcher pup on piece of string in a shopping precinct playing a tin whistle while a well dressed lady ignores them shows,
correct use of contrast
sharpness in lines per millimetre
separation between subject and background
the ability to photograph on brief
a social conscience

Absolute moral good requires vignetting, the use of sepia and a watermark across the middle to identify the photographer. None of which an abstract Autochrome delivers on, proving it to be a work of moral degeneracy, or worse, lacking corner to corner sharpness.

Old-N-Feeble · Jan 24, 2016

What I think about "some" art curators...

[video=youtube;-49NzwxdGMU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49NzwxdGMU[/video]

Xmas · Jan 24, 2016

jnanian said:
no kidding eddie

40 Hail Marys

Sirius Glass · Jan 24, 2016

Sirius Glass said:
connerie

And good money was spent on this connerie?

BMbikerider said:
According to Google translate the spelling you want is:

Connerie

That is what I said.

removed account4 · Jan 24, 2016

debile, nulle both mean foolishness, as well as connerie

onre · Jan 25, 2016

blockend said:
sharpness in lines per millimetre

This point could be enforced further by providing free-to-use magnifiers at gallery/exhibition entrance. Even better, they could be mandatory. You don't get to enter if you don't take a magnifier, too.

Dali · Jan 25, 2016

blockend said:
The millions of people who pass through art galleries might disagree.

Yes, it gives the majority the idea of what should be "art" according to the official and subsidized definition. Also, it create the wrong sentiment that "culture" is a state (or region or city, you name it) matter instead of a citizen matter.

Vaughn · Jan 25, 2016

Dali said:
Yes, it gives the majority the idea of what should be "art" according to the official and subsidized definition. Also, it create the wrong sentiment that "culture" is a state (or region or city, you name it) matter instead of a citizen matter.

The sentiment is not wrong, I believe that is just your opinion. I believe the opposite is true. Art and culture are and always has been personal, religious and state matters. Fortunately, there is nothing in the US Constitution, nor in any state constitutions as far as I know, that bans government from participating in the Arts (providing funding, maintain galleries, etc.). Art belongs in the schools, public spaces and in all parts of our lives. I am glad some of my tax money goes to the arts.

In the recent past, it has been the conservative factions in Congress that have threatened to cut art funding when they see it spent on art they do not approve of...art that challenges how culture is defined, art that challenges the status quo, art that challenges religious concepts. This flies 180 degrees from what you stated. Art belongs to everyone, and should not be just defined by the market or by Congress.

MattKing · Jan 25, 2016

Vaughn said:
The sentiment is not wrong, I believe that is just your opinion. I believe the opposite is true. Art and culture are and always has been personal, religious and state matters. Fortunately, there is nothing in the US Constitution, nor in any state constitutions as far as I know, that bans government from participating in the Arts (providing funding, maintain galleries, etc.). Art belongs in the schools, public spaces and in all parts of our lives. I am glad some of my tax money goes to the arts.

In the recent past, it has been the conservative factions in Congress that have threatened to cut art funding when they see it spent on art they do not approve of...art that challenges how culture is defined, art that challenges the status quo, art that challenges religious concepts. This flies 180 degrees from what you stated. Art belongs to everyone, and should not be just defined by the market or by Congress.

+1 (modified where required for your jurisdiction).

In addition, support of the arts is support for artists. In many cases, the marketplace does a poor job of supporting people who enrich our lives immensely.

MartinCrabtree · Jan 25, 2016

Argumentative Photgrapher's User Forum.

Old-N-Feeble · Jan 25, 2016

MartinCrabtree said:
Argumentative Photgrapher's User Forum.

Argumentative Photgrapher's User Friendly Forum (APUFF).

FIFY

RobC · Jan 25, 2016

MartinCrabtree said:
Argumentative Photgrapher's User Forum.

didn't you mean:

Argumentative Photgrapher's User Group

MartinCrabtree · Jan 25, 2016

Why yes I did. Well that didn't turn out well did it. Nothing like proofreading.

removedacct1 · Jan 25, 2016

MartinCrabtree said:
Argumentative Photgrapher's User Forum.

Why I Don't Participate Anymore: this shit gets tedious.

Vaughn · Jan 25, 2016

If you don't like this type of thread, why are you folks reading and posting on it?!

I suggest that you at least be funny!

calebarchie · Jan 26, 2016

RobC said:
Argumentative Photgrapher's User Group

Amen

RobC · Jan 26, 2016

Laurent said:
I just discovered this from another forum...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3lw06r_dove-allouche-la-derniere-couleur-2013-vosta_creation

The english subtitles are accurate to the discourse...

see the following duffy bio from 29 minutes in where he extols the virtues of the french in considering anything as potential art

https://vimeo.com/9141202

Vaughn · Jan 26, 2016

Thanks...interesting video!

pbromaghin · Jan 27, 2016

RobC said:
see the following duffy bio from 29 minutes in where he extols the virtues of the french in considering anything as potential art

I like 55:00 better.

RobC · Jan 27, 2016

Laurent said:
How do you spell "bullshit" in French?

"bullshit"

wiltw · Jan 27, 2016

To the topic's question

merde de taureau
le connerie

...which context?!

How do you spell "bullshit" in French?

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