I wonder if photographing cliche subjects is akin to musicians playing "the standards". Just as I've lost track of how many pictures I've seen (or taken) of sunsets, pretty flowers or waves crashing at the beach, I have no idea how many times I've heard Summertime, St. James Infirmary, or fever. Yet, every so often, someone will do a version that's almost like hearing a brand new song. I'm not a big fan of piano music, especially as the lead, or solo, instrument. But, I think it was Oscar Peterson that did a (mostly) piano version of Summertime, that the first time a DJ played it at a dance, I was totally blown away.
Alternatively, are they more like wines? There are people who may not notice, or if they did notice, may not care about the differences between a bottle of Gallo hearty zinfandel, and a forty year old Bordeaux, in the same way that others might look at something as "just another picture of a flower". It's certainly a subject that is fodder for nearly unlimited intellectual wankage. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
