Thursday
Dec062007
FYI ~ please read
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 12:21PM For those of you who are waiting on pins and needles for my anti-noise freaks rant, I apologise. I got distracted.
A big part of what has distracted me is the Newsweek article, Is Photography Dead? and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the discussion about it on The Online Photographer.
You might want to read the article. Tomorrow's entry will address the topic and I'd love to have a lively disccusion about it on The Landscapist.
Update on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 02:11PM by
gravitas et nugalis
gravitas et nugalis
Featured Comment: the wife wrote; "Is Photography dead? And if so, will you post weekly picutres of it as it decays on our kitchen counter?"
my response: I print with archival Ultrachrome inks so it would just be an exercise in futility, at least until the 100 year mark or so.
Reader Comments (6)
I am still waiting for the noisy rant!!!!!
Be patient, Jim. It's coming.
Although ....... it might just be part of the parcel of answering the quastion, Is Photography Dead?
From the Newsweek article:
"Why shouldn't [photography] give in to the digital temptation to make every landscape shot look like the most absolutely beautiful scenery in the whole history of the universe, or turn every urban view into a high-rise fantasy?"
Followed by:
"The next great photographers—if there are to be any—will have to find a way to reclaim photography's special link to reality. And they'll have to do it in a brand-new way."
Substitute "reality" with "truth" and you'd think Peter Plagens was Mark's pseudonym. You don't write for Newsweek do you Mark?
I still like the idea of building stories around the grit/truth we encounter everyday as opposed to removing the grit to present something "perfectly" even though it ain't. The article also brings up "making" vs. "taking" photos as it relates to Cindy Sherman's work and it's impact. I'm sure we'll hit on that also.
Is Photography dead? And if so, will you post weekly picutres of it as it decays on our kitchen counter?
I read that article last night and thought about your blog right away, this should be good, I'll be waiting.
Photography'll be dead on this planet when the sun goes out. And then it won't matter much.