In a message dated 4/1/2009 8:57:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: It seems to me that Marnie may be confusing media with product - or at least she's confusing ~me~. Photography, paint, charcoal and stencils are merely media that may or may not produce art. Taking photography and doing something with it that makes it look like another media doesn't make the original photograph any less "art". Nor does effecting those changes necessarily make the new thing "more arty" than the original. Different, yes. More "arty"? Not necessarily.
OTOH, since the faux change in media is certainly part of Marnie's expression, the change is art, so perhaps her term "to artify" is okay. I guess what bothers me is the implication that the original product is not art, or that it's "less" art than the finished product. Or maybe I'm just being too picky. That's all. cheers, frank ============== Don't think I had that implication, that photography is less than. But you caught the jist -- a change in apparent medium as to "how it looks." For me, my photography is less than, so maybe you picked up on that. I am a better artist than a photographer, and since I started late in life, probably always will be. And I am okay with that, and I am not sure that I have the dedication to become a really GOOD photographer. It's just a hobby for me and something I do when I have time. Recently I've given thought to improving, like revisiting and revisiting the Duck Club, until I experiment with DOF more, metering more, and get more of what I want. Really exhaust the area. And, to be totally truthful, I like the mediums of art better than I like the mediums of photography -- more paper/canvas styles, more rendering choices (pencil/paint, etc.), more depth on surface, etc. But that is sure a strange argument, coming from you, frank -- the non-artist. Marnie aka Doe ;-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000003) -- 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.
