Well said, Frank, and I pretty much agree with you 100%. Shel
> [Original Message] > From: frank theriault Bob Shell said: > > You know, I hear this comment a lot, and I just don't understand it. > > The main definition of objectify is "exteriorize: make external or > > objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our > > thoughts"". As artists we always objectify that which we depict, we > > make it external and objective. If I photograph a bowl of fruit, I > > objectify it. <snip> > > I disagree. > > A bowl of fruit is already an object. You can't objectify it, you can > merely portray it as an object. > > People are more than their physical selves. If you choose to > photograph or otherwise portray them in such a way that nothing more > is communicated about them than their bodies, if you ignore or choose > not to tell us something of their personality, their "soul", their > "spirit", then you objectify them. > > I'm not saying that objectification is necessarily bad; but that in > my mind is what it's about.
