On 7/27/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're not allowed to make pictures for the joy of having something nice on > the wall anymore. The times have changed, if that's all you want, buy a > cheap velvet art piece, preferably of either Elvis or Marylin. > Photographs have to have a message, they have to be socially relevent and > important to be valid.
A lot of HCB pictures lack a message, are not socially relevant and unimportant. Yet I find them a lot more compelling and "nice" to hang on my wall than anything from Ansel Adams. Adams was a great artist, but his art was strongest in the darkroom, imho. > At their very least, they have to be taken by an over rated Gallic > predecessor to Kenny boy to make the grade. It helps more if they are taken by a Hungarian, actually. Did you just compare Ken Rockwell to Cartier-Bresson? :) Cheers, j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
