Bob, Yes, I enjoyed watching that video, even though I am not sure I agree with all the points "criticized" there. Even before Instagram people were taking photos of their feet, weird signs, self-portraits in the mirror, and what's not... Experimenting and playing is fine, and that platform is good for that purpose. As long as the results are not automatically classified as "art".
But, the idea I am trying to convey here is different: When a "Pro" makes the public statements and does the action in the way, that potentially validates that approach in eyes of the "innocent" population, if unexplained, it carries a wrong message. It would be similar to a Surgeon General saying in an interview that s/he never takes any medicine, instead drinking a glass of a red wine twice a week. If he would explain that he doesn't ignore doctor's presciption, he just doesn't need any medicine, that's fine. But if he says that wine has advantages over the medicine, - that would be a wrong message for the public. And that's what this "Pro" photographer does (or the journalist with the photographer's permission), in my opinion. Igor Tue Feb 12 13:14:32 EST 2013 Bob Sullivan wrote: > Igor, > Have you seen the Instagram video on U-tube? > They are all f-ing Michael Angelos creating a new > visual literacy in the great unwashed peoples of earth.. > Iphones for everyone! Clean cups too! > Regards, Bob S. -- 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.
