> Same here.  I tend to think that most art, photography or whatever, 
> should be accessible to the masses.  

It is. Just as particle physics is accessible to the masses.  

> If I don't get it I'm 
> not going to 
> spend much time with it. 

Then how can it be made 'accessible' to you? If you're not prepared to
put the effort into getting it, why should the people who made it have
to make it easy just to suit you?

Why do people expect artists, who have devoted years of their lives to
understanding their subject and producing whatever it is they produce,
to be instantly 'accessible', when they don't expect the same from,
for example, particle physicists? Why should 21st century art be less
difficult than 21st century physics?

--
 Bob
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Scott Loveless
> Sent: 21 August 2007 20:11
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)
> 
> Fernando wrote:
> > I'm not a fan of Winogrand, I thought I was, but I found 
> that I liked some of his shots, probably the more popular 
> ones, the ones that are
> > easy to read, the other ones, I don't get them, I guess I leave
that
> > to knowledgeable guys, who have the time and dedication to study
an
> > artist's body of work, I'm lazy and impatient, I don't get 
> conceptual
> > photography for the same reason. 
> Same here.  I tend to think that most art, photography or whatever, 
> should be accessible to the masses.  If I don't get it I'm 
> not going to 
> spend much time with it.  I suppose that if I was an art student or
a 
> magazine editor I might be more critical.
> > Speaking of this shot, when I saw it for the
> > first time, I just thought, "I like it" didn't really stop to
think
> > why, 
> >   
> Me, too.  I do sometimes put some thought into a photograph 
> that I like, 
> but more often than not I don't.
> 
> -- 
> Scott Loveless
> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/
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