On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > I love looking at good photos (and even my own photos occasionally). I've > gone well out of my way to see exhibits several times. > > Unfortunately, much of what is hanging on gallery walls should just be > composted. I also don't have any appetite for the bottomless > "life-is-horrible-and-these-B&W-prints-prove-it" genre. I work in the midst > of suffering, and I enjoy photography that shows that there is beauty in the > world, too.
The vast majority of my photographic heroes shot in B&W. Some of them shot sad, poignant photos, but all of them had wonderful senses of humour which came through in many of their photos. Even some photos taken during dire circumstances had an inspiring humanity to them that lifts them far above the "life is horrible" category. About the only photographers that I admire whose work falls squarely in the category that you describe are war photographers. And to answer the initial question, I love taking photos and looking at those of others and often go out of my way to do so. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
