tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post2579433470753465940..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Representation and Interpretationamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-2317977041894361792017-09-28T16:13:12.947-07:002017-09-28T16:13:12.947-07:00Great article, holy crap.
I suppose you can see ...Great article, holy crap. <br /><br />I suppose you can see the work of people like John Gossage (specially The Pond) through this lens. Or the whole New Topographics people.<br /><br />If the person fully emerged into The Narrative sees the landscapes made by Gossage, Shore, Sternfeld et al., they would most likely remark how drab or contentless they are. <br /><br />I believe these artists are just going against the current Narrative, per your model. It appears to me that the current Narrative in landscape photography (at least among internet photographers) is to make beautiful images that objectify nature, and that have a superficial message of classical aesthetic values. They essentially value beautiful pictures of sunsets, and stuff that a commoner would feel comfortable hanging on their living room wall. <br /><br />It's funny that photographers on the internet feel compelled to do photography like this, because our modern landscapes nowadays are everything but these romantic representations from the past. But then, they are just part of The Narrative, I guess.Carlosnoreply@blogger.com