On 7/20/2011 12:36, Bob W wrote:
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Bruce Walker
I want to isolate one statement and ask a question, especially of the
list members grounded in fine arts:
"The greatest artists know how to create a distance from their
subjects."
........
Bob replied...
I read his statement as being about street photographers, not about artists
in general, although I may be wrong.
.. snip snip....
Lots of stuff there thats good to read but I want to respond to just the
next paragraph..
I think he means something similar to the notion that every writer has a
splinter of ice in the heart. That whatever situation you are involved in,
however closely, there is still a part of you that is watching ironically
from the shelter of a doorway, and laughing quietly at the foolishness of it
all. I do think this is present in some of Maier's pictures, and I think it
may be a necessary condition of great art, but not a sufficient condition.
B
That's damned profound, Bob. Which is to say, I agree that sounds like
what he meant... and that it is necessary. But not if the splinter is
too large...
I really liked more of her stuff than not - of her things that we were
permitted to see because someone had selected them. Some of his choices
puzzled me, but don't ask me which ones at the moment.
Like Christine , I feel uncomfortable shooting the unfortunate and while
that photo of Shel's is powerful it is also maudlin (skipping around to
referencing other posts here - sorry) and cruel.
ann
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