Frank, your pix =definitely= do not fall into the "bottomless" genre. They are excellent.
Salgado is a great photographer, but is in the "bottomless" genre. Agency VII has brilliant photographers, most of whom shoot color, but most of their stuff is in the "bottomless" category too. W. Eugene Smith shot lots of depressing stuff, but did it with a grace and style that made it somehow uplifting. Ditto Steve McCurry. Not in the "bottomless" category. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 2/12/09, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > From: frank theriault <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: watching vs. doing > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 12:53 PM > 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. -- 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.
