tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post941751868041739891..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Wheat and Chaffamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-88586120261163947952016-09-19T00:19:19.810-07:002016-09-19T00:19:19.810-07:00I recently happened to look first at some photogra...I recently happened to look first at some photographers home page (where he had rather strong projects with tight edits) and then followed a link to his flickr stream (where the pictures are all over the place, different topics, drafts, loose edits, etc). I'm not a fan of Ming's work, but I don't think anybody should be judged by Flickr stream. For example I've been using it for backup since they started their 1TB free accounts.<br /><br />The more interesting question is whether photographers should even publish their drafts/notes/random findings anywhere. It seems to work for some on social media where you can keep up some activity while working on more serious stuff. The value of doing so is another question.Karel Kravikhttp://www.karelkravik.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-83911863264032851532016-09-18T14:04:13.005-07:002016-09-18T14:04:13.005-07:00The technique question is a tricky one, the histor...The technique question is a tricky one, the history of art shows us that particular techniques or pigments can be integral to an artists vision. Of course these technical aspects do need to be married with a vision to cement a place in the canon of great artists.<br /><br />Unfortunately Mr T seems not to realise that, hard edged technical perfection (sharp, high DR/long tonal range etc) is only one of a number of possible, equally valid approaches.<br /><br />After all it's now around 100 years since Stieglitz and his contemporaries chose to move away from the tyranny of technical photography...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-47557318519713326612016-09-18T09:13:07.459-07:002016-09-18T09:13:07.459-07:00I generally think Mr. Thein is sincere and earnest...I generally think Mr. Thein is sincere and earnest. Alas, he wants too much for 'the answer' to be essentially in the application of technique and tools. He's heavily invested in both and seems to be unwilling to genuinely let go of the idea.<br /><br />In my opinion, he's stuck barking up the wrong tree. Still, he frequently writes things interesting enough to bother thinking about, which is something of an accomplishment.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-31267564440215227862016-09-18T08:47:35.217-07:002016-09-18T08:47:35.217-07:00I read his latest with dismay.
I wonder if he is...I read his latest with dismay. <br /><br />I wonder if he is just trolling photography with his essays; and the responses to his essays, which often seem written by Ming pretending to be others. <br /><br />There's far to much dissing of everyone and everything in photography -- he undercuts all fame and accomplishment by, at best, faint praise, while producing almost nothing of interest himself (just take a look at his piss-poor Flickr stream). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-84658597399600332862016-09-17T09:42:33.342-07:002016-09-17T09:42:33.342-07:00Certainly not! One can do wonderful things with nu...Certainly not! One can do wonderful things with nudes even today, I am sure.<br /><br />But lightweight volumes of uninteresting nudes are pretty easy to kick-start. Chaff comes in too many flavors to enumerate. To be glib: one recognizes chaff mainly by it's not being wheat.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-65666688758853330342016-09-17T09:02:20.502-07:002016-09-17T09:02:20.502-07:00"Certainly we'll wind up with lots and lo..."Certainly we'll wind up with lots and lots of disposable kickstarted blurb books of naked girls ..."<br /><br />Is 'naked girls' your prototypical chaff category, then?erickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409165571476557979noreply@blogger.com