Juan Buhler wrote:
On 4/5/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Excellent - except I still think 8119 (man with brolly and lots of
blurry brollies walking past) is too cliched, although the great
unwashed will probably like it.
You say that like it's a bad thing :)
Again, this edit shows a standard of work that is amongst the best
reportage photography I have ever seen. Three or four in particular are
singularly amongst the best photographs of any kind I have ever seen.
I'm in awe. Thanks Juan.
Can I come make a documentary about you?
Sure, I'll bring the beer. :)
Seriously, thanks Cotty again for the superlatives. You exaggerate, of
course. I can see how the man with the flowers is a bit cliche, I
guess you're right. For some reason I keep leaning towards including
it though.
I don't get it. People use terms carelessly, in my most humble opinion.
What's so "cliche" about this image of an older gent carrying a single rose
(or whatever it is) and obviously waiting for a meet with someone not yet in
evidence?
Cliche:
1.(adj) used or occurring so often as to have lost interest, freshness,
or force
(synonym) trite, bathetic, chain, cliched, commonplace, corny, hack,
hackneyed, musty, old hat, shopworn, stale, stereotyped,
stereotypical, [etc.]
[...]
I just don't see it.
I'm sure he doesn't feel trite or corny. He looks a little nervous, having
dressed up a little for the occasion and bought a flower from a vendor; and
I'm also pretty sure the person he meets who gets the flower will smile and be
nothing but appreciative and very well pleased.
What's wrong with those emotions?
keith whaley
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Juan Buhler
