I have a philosophy?... Thanks Bill... :-) If I have one, it's simply that I when I find a subject that moves me to press the shutter button, I try to think about how to best render the subject so that the viewer will also know why I pressed the shutter button.
That's likely why I found Eggleston's work distasteful. It struck me as largely antipodal to my own. I saw no reason for him to have pressed the shutter button, much less feel that the images were display worthy. I know others see something in it. I saw something in some of them... but a number of them, like the bags of garbage and the oven interior... I suppose I feel as Mark said. OK, maybe his work is interesting in some respects, but I saw a big disparity between what he actually produced and the amount of adulation received. Tom C. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:14 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" > Subject: Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago > > I'm quite enjoying the exchange of ideas. > Both Doug and Tom are photographers whose images I respect at worst, and > like a whole lot at best. Getting their philosophies as well is huge. > > William Robb -- 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.
