tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post428043653566654272..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Landscapeamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-52118699609582552322015-10-29T17:33:41.220-07:002015-10-29T17:33:41.220-07:00Don't regret it! This piece made me think very...Don't regret it! This piece made me think very carefully about my photographs, which keep gravitating back to landscapes- albeit very small ones.<br /><br />I think that landscapes should be able to communicate as much as any other subjects. Is it any harder to communicate past "what a lovely tree" than past "what a lovely person"?Julian Behrisch Elcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157512068912787473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-75848411558161843372015-10-27T20:34:27.108-07:002015-10-27T20:34:27.108-07:00You are quite right, I have been vaguely regrettin...You are quite right, I have been vaguely regretting this piece since I wrote it. I am of course talking about a very specific kind of landscape.<br /><br />Weston did some great stuff, and in general there's a lot of interesting things that can be done when you begin to even slightly abstract a landscape. There's a lot of great stuff when you make pictures of essentially human landscapes (cityscapes, factories, farms, etc) starting with, basically, social commentary.<br /><br />Sally Mann's Southern Landscapes are a different thing again, I think, and pretty powerful stuff. Not, I submit, particularly easy either, but they're a different kind of a beast and perhaps not *as* difficult.<br /><br />I think I might still be OK, since I begin with an Ansel Adams quote, though. I'm talking about a very very specific and narrow kind of landscape, which is nonetheless a very very popular form to take a crack at. It is that form that is so viciously difficult.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-4554840018175293902015-10-27T19:36:55.955-07:002015-10-27T19:36:55.955-07:00Landscape is both a noun and a verb.
I think you...Landscape is both a noun and a verb. <br /><br />I think your definition of landscape photography being merely the untouched, the sublime is too narrow and not supported by the actual photographs of notable artists in that genre. I'm thinking of photographers like Burtynsky, Sternfeld, Misrach, just to name a few. Maybe they aren't the "hardcore" landscape guys you're talking about but they are unmistakably landscape photographers even if their version of it requires a modifier in the description.<br /><br />Similarly, I can't outdo the "wow factor" of the 500px crowd---or Peter Lik and their many snappy photographs lacking human footprint, nor do I want to...<br />FMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194273196379426019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-28257680913854615832015-10-26T03:11:32.678-07:002015-10-26T03:11:32.678-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098464557274643858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-25594916062941667442015-10-25T19:09:46.896-07:002015-10-25T19:09:46.896-07:00A fine landscape image isn't "gimicky&quo...A fine landscape image isn't "gimicky". Perhaps it doesn't have anything that's instictively interesting to us (like faces or genitals). HBernsteinnoreply@blogger.com