Well said Brother. Wow...from Susan Sontag to Apollo 8. We've taken this thread around the moon.
Apologies to those with whom I was discussing earlier, then abruptly disappeared. For some stupid reason there is a sort of lame expectation out there that just because someone signs and hands over a paycheck, they expect that actual work be done in return.
Just where the heck did THAT come from anyway...
Ken
sorry ... i got through 6 pages of this thread and didn't finish ..
what i find strange is that some suggest only "photographers" can write about "photography" ...
what denotes a "photographer" ? someone who "photographs" ? or is it "something else" ?
if it is using a camera to make photographc images that are pleasing to someone, ( the maker, or someone else ) that is one thing
and pretty much everyone over the age of 1 is a photographer ... it is something else -- fame, fortune &c gained from making photographs, than most
most of the people who write, critique, post anything about anything photographic on this ( or any other ) website ( or voice their opinion publicly, over dinner, drinks, coffee YELP! &c ) should stop because they lack, seriously lack, everything which is required to have a valid opinion.
Hi John
Wiki says Susan has written and directed four films...
But I would but want that to inhibit your comments...
one thing to remember! If a publishing company sees fit to publish what you, or anyone else has written, then. . . . it has an audience. No publishing company will publish work, if no one buys it, reads it, or teaches it in school. NOW,, I am not arguing that Sontag has an amazing point of view, that you knuckleheads can't quite get, cause your knuckles are draggin! ( just kidding)( havin' a beer right now) . But what I am saying is She, ( right, wrong, indifferent ) has a political base who supports,not just her, but the publisher. Remember people, there are still neo nazi groups out there, In others words. . . . .. "it takes all kinds to raise a village" or something like that. . . .
Burn the witch!
I went through all 12 pages. I'm glad I did not read the damn book.
how do you know if she's s witch? My leige. . . . .
We oughtn't to be speaking ill of the dead like this.
This thread is depressing.
We oughtn't to be speaking ill of the dead like this.
Why? Is this part of the APUG forum rules?
AA catches his share of derision here, and he was a good photographer who also wrote books.
cause it is in bad taste ?
not really him who gets derision, but sometimes his followers ...
i am sure he was a wonderful person, eager to teach, and learn but sometimes followers take a left ( or right ) turn
and his ideas somehow turn into a weird religion and the followers bash people who don't believe ...
excellent point J> On another note. Even if i do not agree with a lot of Sontag ideas/comments, she was very passionate about what she believed to be injustices in life. I suppose everyone has a right to express 'em. Now that I am thinking about it, It really doesn't surprise me that her critique doesn't bode so well here. From what I remember reading, her critique was "conceptual" in nature, therefor "details" of photography are/were somewhat moot.
It is hardly like kristallnacht?
And I meter for zone 1 normally...
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