Yes, this is essentially the standard counter-argument by art theorists that intention is a necessary part of art. It is usually framed in terms of naïve & primitive painters, sculptors and so on, but vernacular photography works equally well.
Bob > > Every time I hear about intent I remember this piece of > "Genius of Photography" and the NY police crime scene shots. > There was no intent of making art, but this can be considered > art nonetheless. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I8KljdoZM0 > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM, P. J. Alling > <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 5/12/2010 10:09 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: > >> > >> On May 12, 2010, at 9:19 AM, William Robb wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul stenquist" > >>> Subject: Re: Chicago > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>> > >>>> Invoking an emotional response is artistry in its highest form. > >>> > >>> When Tom and I were driving to the hotel on Thursday, a station > >>> wagon being driven in an erratic and dangerous manner invoked a > >>> fairly extreme emotional response from both of us. > >>> I hadn't thought of bad driving as being an art form before this > >>> moment..... > >>> > >> > >> Well, it can be. > > > > I think this is as good a place for my comment in this discussion. > > For it to actually be Art there has to be _describable_ > intent on the > > part of the /Artist/. That usually, but doesn't always, requires a > > certain level of craftsmanship. So I guess intentional bad > driving is > > Art, while unintentional bad driving isn't. Extrapolate to > the rest > > of the universe at your peril. > > > >> > >> > >>> William Robb > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above > >>> and follow the directions. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > > Courier New;}} > > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to > Thunderbird 3.0 and > > the interface subtly weird.\par } > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
