The reason Adams' work seems kitsch is that he defined the genera, and
any critic who thinks that social relevance defines "Art" should be
taken out and shot immediately.
On 9/19/2011 8:42 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Talk about Ansel Adams (see "A door to nowhere" thread) had me
searching for something about a repeated criticism of Ansel Adams that
I've run across: that he's the Normal Rockwell of photogs; that his
output is kitsch rather than art; that his belief in beauty above all
rather then social relevance, left him on the bottom rung of fine arts.
So I located this excellent essay:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ansel-adams-but-is-it-art-749574.html
Criticism of AA seems to boil down to a fashion thing. It seems to be
safe to like Adams again. :)
-bmw
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Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to
avoid a lengthily search.
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