Actually, photography was very controversial among painters for it's ease of use. It also took a while for it to be accepted as an art, since in a sense "anyone could do it." Of course, the "true" artists had more control, etc., but it was and is still possible for a todder of a moron to take a fine photo. I was thinking of this when I saw an exhibit recently - that there is such a finer distinction between the artful and non artful in photos compared to most other mediums. Artful photography is both easier and yet harder. This makes photography such an incredibly subtle form of art. The difficulty of this distinction attracts me greatly.
Your reference to the ease of shooting guns reminds me that I have to polish up on my knife-throwing ability.
RSW
--- Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Too much skill required for most people. More folks
can learn to do
things with Photoshop than can paint. One reason
that guns became more
popular weapons than swords or bows is that they
were easier to use. In
a medieval style battle, the sword was a much better
weapon, but it took
a long time to learn how to use one. OTOH, any fool
could pull a
trigger.
I'm such it bothered painters that photography made
it possible for
less skilled people to produce reasonably acceptable
images.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/22/02 05:28PM >>>
>i choose not to add or remove elements of what was
present external to
my >recording device when i took the picture but only
to correct the
>flaws in >the process and the medium to make the image more
resemble my >vision
and >remembrance of what i saw. some people make other
choices.
>
>Herb....
Until very recently photorealistic painting would
have given you far
more control over content creation than photography - did
you ever consider
that choice?
RSW
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