Op Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:36:03 +0200 schreef mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> >> From: "Lucas Rijnders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2006/09/07 Thu PM 12:22:25 GMT >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: OT: Taking Candy from a baby. >> >> Op Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:01:19 +0200 schreef mike wilson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >> From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I just heard about this on the news. >> >> >> >> The story: >> >> <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-2318645,00.html> >> >> >> >> The images: >> >> <http://www.paulkopeikingallery.com/artists/greenberg/index0.htm> >> >> >> >> Is it art? Seems a bit mean spirited to me. >> It's probably art. Not very good art, in my opinion, but still art... >> >> Although when I think back to how my parents teased me when I was a >> >> kid, it's pretty tame. At least they had the decency not to >> photograph >> >> my reactions :-) >> > I wouldn't have a problem with pictures of "genuine" reactions but >> > forcing those reactions from toddlers seems to deserve the Edward II >> > treatment. >> Isn't that a bit harsh (if I read up on Edward correctly)? My son pulls >> faces like that serveral times a day. Sometimes without (discernible) >> reason, sometimes after provocations quite similar to what was done >> here. >> Thinks like saying 'you are going to bed' or 'no, you can't have another >> cookie' to him :o) > That is a normal (and proper) part of growing up. But taking the same > child to a studio, lighting them and then deliberately provoking the > reaction is abhorent to me. Well, I wouldn't dream of doing this myself, but I find the negative reactions (not yours, Mike, but the ones cited in the article) overblown... Taking ugly pictures, giving them a wholly unconnected title and selling it as 'art' or even a 'political statement', now that's abhorrent. Or it's a big joke. The comment on photographing bears as a metaphor seemed to hint that way. i mean, she can't be serious, can she? -- Regards, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
