I believe there are many who are ready to admire any one's work if they are educated as to what compels the eye. I, also, believe it's healthy to admit that for them, the emporor is naked. Being shown what will improve there own work is likely the most successful method of teaching. Problem is, finding someone with whom you are comfortable and whos maner and work you respect.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob W <[email protected]> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:35 PM Subject: RE: OT - Online critics > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Daniel J. Matyola > > In a recent thread, many sharply criticized one of the most famous > images of AA. Is HCB such a god that he is beyond criticism? > > Dan No, but knowing that well-informed and respectable people like something that we think is bleh should probably give us pause for thought and make us wonder why the picture is so well thought of, and why & how that person became well-known in the first place. If we don't see what all the fuss is about then rather than dismissing it as pretentious nonsense, as so many os us do, perhaps we should be a little more humble and consider that maybe we don't know how to look at a picture, whether it's by Picasso, HCB, Ansel Adams or Thomas Kinkade, and perhaps we should be doing something to find out why the picture is considered great. We never know, it might even improve we's own picture-making. I mean taking. B -- 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.
