From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Boris' recent PESO (or was it a PAW?) featured at least two questions > along the lines of the above subject line. > > Which got me to thinking: What difference does it make? I very often > take photos which, ~at the time I take them~, I have no idea "what I'm > trying to say". I just take them, look at them later, and if I like > them, I print them. > > Is that wrong?
To them maybe. It's their opinion. Yours differs. <shrug> There is no right or wrong. I take a lot of pictures where I'm not trying to say anything specific. I shoot what pleases me. If someone else likes it then great. I think those are art questions. My guess is that those who ask those questions are of the opinion that art has to have a message. > Why does no one ask that question when they see a gorgeous photo of an > equally gorgeous sunset? What does a sunset have to "say" (except > perhaps, "isn't this beautiful")? Not all pictures have messages. Some just appeal to our emotions. Some are documentary and contain information only but don't make a statement. That's my .02 worth. Tom Reese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
