Sorry for continuing on my rant. The seed was sown a little while ago by this dastardly BBC series
http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/ One of the strong themes in an early episode was "Pictorialism was an artistic dead end". But the vigorous amateur verité **style has been, and still is, the driving force of photography as a medium. Whereas Steiglitz and his movement withdrew into smaller and smaller ranges of subject matter and styles, the gift of photography was the instantaneous reality. The photos of the NY Police Dept Crime scene in comparison with the most expensive print on the planet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pond-Moonlight) is startling. I know which one moves me. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
