Gee, I don't know how you can say Eggleston's work is distasteful. This one, for example, is downright charming:
http://www.egglestonphotography.com/portfolio.html Dan On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
