tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post1067496987116523891..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: A Love Letter to Photographyamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-87700783222352811012016-06-19T16:30:55.794-07:002016-06-19T16:30:55.794-07:00That seems fair enough, yeah.That seems fair enough, yeah.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-29635015304402580462016-06-19T13:43:48.905-07:002016-06-19T13:43:48.905-07:00Yup!
With best regards.
StephenYup!<br /><br />With best regards.<br /><br />StephenStephen S. Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792524726703718127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-10159798696142336082016-06-19T10:59:34.928-07:002016-06-19T10:59:34.928-07:00I had a similar discussion with Mark Klett, when I...I had a similar discussion with Mark Klett, when I was trying to convince him to let me take one of his graduate courses at ASU, despite my never having taken a photography course before. (He did eventually relent, but I ultimately decided it was going to cost me far more money that it was worth to me, so I passed on it.)<br /><br />As I recall it, his position was that many aspects of a photo that weren't plainly visible in it mattered at least as much, if not more, than those aspects that were. In other words, he believed the concept, context, and scholarship surrounding a photo are at least as important as the photo itself. (At the time, he was working on his re-photography project and in that specific case, I agree with him. But to my mind, that's also an exception, not the rule.)<br /><br />On the other hand, it's my opinion that a photo must speak for itself and whatever one sees in it is the primary message and everything else is secondary.<br /><br />Based upon your comments above, I gather that you're somewhere in the middle of the continuum: i.e., a photo speaks for itself, but some (a lot?) of what it has to say is implied and its voice is often heard best as part of a chorus than solo ... yes?JGhttp://audiidudii.aminus3.com/noreply@blogger.com