I don't think any "genre" in any art form, photography or otherwise, can have universal appeal.
I understand that Eskimos have more words to describe snow than people who have less experience of snow. They would therefore probably appreciate more variation of snow photographs than those who rarely see it. Do you think some types of photographic art have a universal appeal regardless of where they are viewed by different communities on the planet? Portraits for example and is this also different to a photographers appreciation?
Um, as I understand it, if you are of Inuit heritage, the word "Eskimo" is considered an offensive anachronism.
Back on topic - I think that it can work in reverse.
Show a nice seaside scene to someone from around here, and you may get a lukewarm reception. Show it to someone who lives in a desert environment, and the greater novelty may bring rise to a better response.
This is one of the challenges of the internet world - there is a danger that every scene may become "commonplace".
If the word Eskimo isn't politically correct these days they are going to have to re write the poem, because Inuit Nell just doesn't have the same ring to it
crying clowns and elvis
Only in velvet though.
doesn't ilford make a velvet paper?
"velvet stipple"
I understand that Eskimos have more words to describe snow than people who have less experience of snow.
Sadly, Ilford no longer makes paper with that surface
I understand that Eskimos have more words to describe snow than people who have less experience of snow.
Hi Clive,
Withe reference to your opening sentence
Note: I am NOT angry
I'm not sure of where you live.. but 'these days' it is probably more politically correct to refer to the Northern Canadian aboriginal peoples (generally) as Inuit.
I'm just finishing my BFA at the local university (yeah... at 73 its much easier haul that I expected) and in both my Native Art History courses it was indicated that 'they' prefer Inuit over 'Eskimo' which, if my ageing memory serves me well enough, was the word for 'raw flesh eater'... However.... it is a custom still observed on a successful seal hunt that the raw liver be eaten before it has had time to cool.
Ken
Philosophy professor Denis Dutton suggests a Darwinian explanation of universal beauty being hard wired into our DNA. He talks about landscapes and art starting at 7:00.
http://www.ted.com/talks/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty.html
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