Did you read the article, or are you just responding to my comments? The article explains the concept a little more. I've just echoed an agreement.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: UncaMikey > --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That you are not making a picture of something, but that you are > > MAKING SOMETHING, should be etched into the mind of every > > photographer, along with > > the concept of not merely showing what the subject is, but going > > further and showing what it is not, what it means, why it exists, how > > > it exists, and so on. > > Shel, I can follow along with the "making something" and even "showing > what it is not" but "what it means"? Why it exists? > > If any photographer (or painter or sculptor or poet or composer) were > able to pull that off, it would mean the end of philosophical inquiry. > We'd have it all figured out and could sit back and sip cool refreshing > beverages. > > I see artistic effort more as a subversive activity -- upsetting > preconceived notions, jamming things together in unusual ways, and > replacing complacency with questions -- than as answers or solutions. > > I also think this attitude could unnecessarily intimidate someone who > wants to pursue photography -- composing a shot should not mean bearing > the heavy burden of explaining the why and how of the subject's > existence. > > *>UncaMikey > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail
