Richard Dakin
(K=12915) - Comment Date 8/22/2004
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No you are not being cranky. You do sound like all those retired NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, etc. stars who constantly whine about how the players of today have no respect for the game (re. retired NFL stars etc.) and are only interested in the money. Those new to the art need to find their own place in the photography world before they can put the past into perspective. Relax Chuck, it takes time and if we are lucky (and good)maybe someday someone will be there to remind new/young photographers of the work we did.
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Chuck Freeman
(K=13616) - Comment Date 8/23/2004
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Perhaps you are right. But it is a shame that so many fine artist photographers know very little about the great ones. I recently had an art professor from the University of Georgia ( avery liberal school) express to me his disappointment in the lack of interest in art/ photography and history in general.
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Gone Forever: Retro 1978
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Richard Dakin
(K=12915) - Comment Date 8/23/2004
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You are right Chuck it is a shame, but it is their loss. One of the great things about photography is it's accessibility, so much of it is there waiting for us in libraries, galleries and archives. Photography has both a great artistic tradition and a technical history as well. For me I guess I needed to find a comfort level with my own work, before I was ready to really look at the work of the masters. Maybe I would have done that on my own, but maybe I did need some "cranky" photography to push me in the right direction. I guess this is true in photography as well as the NFL.
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ken krishnan
(K=19102) - Comment Date 8/27/2004
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History is wonderful but one needs the patience and the mindset to learn.
I just bought the book "World history of photograpy". A delightful book. Bit too big but very very good. I will recommend to everyone.
regards,
ken.
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Kelli Evans
(K=356) - Comment Date 9/8/2004
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Interestingly- I find myself feeling guilty not knowing more about contemporty photographers- perhaps due to the proliferation of photographers now as opposed to those figures of art history. I'm not an expert- but 4 years of art history and personal investigation beyond that has given me a pretty good base of knowledge. Given this, I find myself more critical of work that is in the genre of masters, but fails to surpass it- what's the point? I'm trying to calm it down a little :).
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