tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post1244728668834793828..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Vilém Flusseramolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-59204733146791353972021-06-24T03:03:02.937-07:002021-06-24T03:03:02.937-07:00I watched part one yesterday, must try to finish i...I watched part one yesterday, must try to finish it. I might even wind up agreeing with you!David Smithhttp://designartcraft.com/photo/rough.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-62533616163695918412021-06-23T16:40:12.304-07:002021-06-23T16:40:12.304-07:00She's just so still. It's creeping me out....She's just so still. It's creeping me out.<br /><br />(David is referring obliquely to a remark I made on Sontag vs. Berger, in which I stated that when they disagree, the smart money isn't on Sontag -- a statement I stand by. Berger is as a general rule a ferment of ideas, not all of them his own, some of them in fact Sontag's, whereas Sontag tends to be a blatherer, with rather more words than ideas. But lord she was so pretty, so sophisticated, so damn New York.)amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-71739556143523332662021-06-23T06:36:10.647-07:002021-06-23T06:36:10.647-07:00Well this is both fucking brilliant, and germaine:...Well this is both fucking brilliant, and germaine: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHCR8nshe8&t=522s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHCR8nshe8&t=522s</a><br /><br />I don't have a dog in this hunt, having read only a little of Sontag, and only none of Berger, but hmmm, "smart money"? I very much doubt anyone with a lick of sense would be betting on which one is more persuasive.<br /><br />Listen and learn, more like.David Smithhttp://designartcraft.com/photo/rough.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-38955829043025810312021-06-20T08:10:40.474-07:002021-06-20T08:10:40.474-07:00This is a very well made point which I have been n...This is a very well made point which I have been noodling on since you made it. Results of said noodling, um, perhaps forthcoming.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-10475650755023858252021-06-16T20:59:56.716-07:002021-06-16T20:59:56.716-07:00Well there's that old context problem again. P...Well there's that old context problem again. Pictures of riots or coronations that we see on the news are indeed just the usual stuff of our culture, interchangeable with other news cycle items. It's fun to liken it to the buzz that surrounded pre-literate humans. But each one of those pictures is a record of an Historical event, worth at least 10,000 printed words they say. The details are recorded there of that actual instant, if we care to look. The photo provides both magic and history, depending on what we want to do with it, or how we encounter it.<br />Matt Kalliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051484131679998977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-38974908874812788052021-06-16T13:48:45.955-07:002021-06-16T13:48:45.955-07:00This is a pretty interesting character. He also di...This is a pretty interesting character. He also did theories on homelessness, according to Wikipedia.David Smithhttp://designartcraft.com/photo/rough.htmnoreply@blogger.com