Photography Thread (albums, quote)

Stone Magnet · 05-30-2006, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Stonemagnet was 10 pages of arguement really necessary?

Was it necessary for several members to berate me for their own assumptions? I never said that all photography is not art.

~~hiu~~ · 05-30-2006, 12:52 AM

He didn't say all photography wasn't art, just taking photos of other peoples art with a digital camera isn't.

~~bungalow~~ · 05-30-2006, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Stone Magnet

I like some photography, though I've never really understood what's so artistic about looking through a diminutive box and pushing a button.

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Originally Posted by Stone Magnet

I could consider it photography, as in the process of taking and printing photographs. It is not art. It is void of any artistic merit.

Whether he meant to or not, he did say that photography was "void of any artistic merit".
Please explain to me how an exhibit on urban life in the 20th Century done by a photographer is not artistic.

Stone Magnet · 05-30-2006, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bungalowbill357

Whether he meant to or not, he did say that photography was "void of any artistic merit".
Please explain to me how an exhibit on urban life in the 20th Century done by a photographer is not artistic.

Once again, I said that the process of taking and printing photographs is void of any artistic merit. For example, taking pictures for a newspaper. That is the mere process of, well, taking pictures. It is of no artistic value or even intent. Photography can be a process, or it can be an art. You said that yourself.

Taking photographs of a town does not imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature. It is not imaginative, it requires nominal skill, and it is not aesthetically gratifying.

Not all photographers are artists.

Decoy · 05-31-2006, 06:38 PM

1. The graffiti section really was just a little display of some local pieces and character's displayed in a fashion that is a bit unique, I thought at least.
2. If you don't think capturing graffiti is even an art in itself then what about architechture photography? Millions of dollars go into the just PICTURES of the buildings, not even the buildings themself. (the millions are not refering to one building, but rather a whole business)
3. What does it matter? Everyone is an art critic now but I think I would like to see some of your art before your complain about it what is/isn't.

Decoy · 06-04-2006, 10:45 PM

explosions-in-my-pants · 06-04-2006, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Decoy

i really like this picture a lot.. Is she hiding or crying? I bet she just doesn't want her picture taken? either way its a good picture... made me think..

Decoy · 06-04-2006, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by explosions-in-my-pants

i really like this picture a lot.. Is she hiding or crying? I bet she just doesn't want her picture taken? either way its a good picture... made me think..

hiding

glad to hear it got you thinking

Laces Out Dan! · 06-04-2006, 10:46 PM

Who is that?

Decoy · 06-04-2006, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by _LesPaul43_

Who is that?

hot girl

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~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,093	He didn't say all photography wasn't art, just taking photos of other peoples art with a digital camera isn't.