William Robb caused this message to magically appear on my monitor this AM -
> So, to be fair, if we are going to chastise some people for "street > photography", we should also castigate those who choose to take prety > pictures of mountain ranges, since they must have a political agenda > as well. Seems like a good reason to give up photography all together. <VBG> Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 10:03 AM Subject: Re: PAW PESO - Breakfast in Bed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Whaley" > Subject: Re: PAW PESO - Breakfast in Bed > > > > > This sort of crap is totally absurd. > > Shel's image is at the heart of photography, and historically > > always has been. > > The entire span of publishing photographic images is not to please > > everybody's taste for knowing what the world is like, but to record > > it. Were it not for the unique eye and recording efforts of many > > photographers, the world would be more ignorant of the "human > > condition," wherever it exists, and for whatever reason. > > The only "statement" that Shel, or any other image maker is making > > is, "Here is what _I_ saw, and now I show it to you. I'm not asking > > you to like it. It is what it is. What you do with the thoughts > > that arise when you view it, that's entirely up to you. I've done > > my job, which is portraying the world as I saw it..." > > > > Since people seem to object to the less than pretty pictures as > having a "political agenda", I think someone (me, I guess) should > point out that one of the most popular and prolific "landscape > photographers" had a very powerful political motivation when he was > out taking his work. > Ansel Adams was a very strong proponent of the US National Park > system, and was, IIANM, responsible for the formation of more than > one National Park, through lobbying and sometimes more direct > intervention with the political process. > > > Or, we could cut the bullshit and accept that people will photograph > what they will photograph, and will post links to the list, hopefully > with the occassioanl warning that the picture isn't meant to please > everyone. > > William Robb > >
