tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post6912728184708424589..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Word of Poweramolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-44402065763618905752016-01-07T10:56:42.577-08:002016-01-07T10:56:42.577-08:00It sounds like there may be two different "I ...It sounds like there may be two different "I don't know"s in play here.<br /><br />The one I mean is before you make the thing, or before you're done with it anyways. It's a summary of "I have this idea, this thing I want to get out, but I'm not sure how to do that".<br /><br />The other one, perhaps, is afterwards. Art should, at least in the modern conception, raise questions, right? If I'm looking at something and my first response isn't a lot like "hmm, I dunno.." I think one could argue that the piece has failed already in some important way.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-89753166052677843992016-01-07T08:03:35.420-08:002016-01-07T08:03:35.420-08:00I understand what you're saying, but I'd s...I understand what you're saying, but I'd say that "art" is more about rephrasing the question or, as some have put it, asking a more beautiful question, which prompts the viewer / reader / participant to provide their own answers.<br /><br />Photography is not always "art", of course (neither are painting or film-making, for that matter), and does not need to be -- a good pack-shot or head-shot is a good answer to a specific problem.<br /><br />A good example of your penultimate paragraph are the "how to make great head-shots" videos of Peter Hurley -- the guy's a very successful commercial photographer, with a good bag of tricks, but a million miles away from producing "art".<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.com