tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post2659449864106748217..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: "Soul, redux" - my replyamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-9386832882498902532016-08-13T06:16:04.379-07:002016-08-13T06:16:04.379-07:00Reading Ming makes me want to fall into a deep sle...Reading Ming makes me want to fall into a deep sleep. Everything he writes is so overwrought, like he's trying to convince himself of something. The photos of people, things and places are perfect for paying clients. And when he does photograph for himself, it still seems like he's shooting for a client, or perhaps his perceived audience. Same thing really. <br /><br />It seems that maybe his images are a very accurate reflection of who he really is. There are many people that when you look beneath the surface, you only find more surface. Not everyone gets to be deep, no matter how hard they try to convince themselves that they are.MikePhttp://www.mikepeters-photography.com/Personal-Projectsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-9897545362325801362016-08-06T05:54:52.057-07:002016-08-06T05:54:52.057-07:00Yes. I think you have to feel it, in some sense, a...Yes. I think you have to feel it, in some sense, and then put it in to the work before you can reasonably home that someone will get anything out of the work.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-1104752397948726972016-08-06T03:24:22.563-07:002016-08-06T03:24:22.563-07:00i think part of the difficulty I'm having with...i think part of the difficulty I'm having with 'soul'/'emotionality' in these discussions is whether the 'emotion' is assumed to be experienced by the photographer or by the viewer or both, and if both, do we assume a shared emotion? I think Andrew has a minimum requirement that the photographer experience emotion. I think the use of the word 'soul' implies a quality imputed to the photographer's work by the viewer - it would be odd to say of one's own work that it has 'soul'.erickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409165571476557979noreply@blogger.com