tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post4415751308822111649..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: Questions without answersBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-40825688328860152112010-03-04T09:47:26.821-08:002010-03-04T09:47:26.821-08:00Found this through tumblr. Photographing with your...Found this through tumblr. Photographing with your gut first, and maybe then trying to give a meaning to why you did what you did. Instead of working out a project and then trying to fullfill that. I've tried both, but feel most succesful and liberated and original when I can do it the first way.<br />Great post on how you can interprete a mans art to death. When all you have to do is look, I guess.Stefanhttp://www.stefanvanthuyne.benoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-36145800479319419532010-03-02T01:36:03.688-08:002010-03-02T01:36:03.688-08:00Great quote! Thanks for that. I hadn't seen th...Great quote! Thanks for that. I hadn't seen that blog before. <br />It feels to me like the legacy of conceptualism is basically fear. Fear that unless you can fully justify intellectually what you are doing, then you aren't doing Art, or your work is not valid somehow. . . You have to get your 'intellectual rigour' badge first. . .<br />JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-55968603697763616822010-02-28T14:00:55.089-08:002010-02-28T14:00:55.089-08:00Just found this quote on Ian Aleksander Adams blog...Just found this quote on Ian Aleksander Adams blog which seems to fit nicely with this topic:<br /><br />http://www.ianaleksanderadams.com/blog/roberta-smith-resonates/Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-7172550506729142512010-02-27T14:25:08.584-08:002010-02-27T14:25:08.584-08:00I guess Erwitt deserves a little heat for messing ...I guess Erwitt deserves a little heat for messing with Diamonstein. I think part of his motivation might have been that she's not a photographer and her questions have a certain hollow tone to them. I think I would be angrier at him if his answers weren't so darn amusing. What's more, they seem very appropriate to his visual style.<br /><br />Winogrand had a similar approach to Diamonstein but he laid out his philosophy with more clarity. Deliberately obtuse out of necessity, not out of playing any games.<br /><br />Actually I think all the interviews in the book reflect the visual style of the artists. Duane Michals is very metaphysical, Meyerowitz speaks and photographs like a fine essayist, and so on.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-959780687966100622010-02-27T08:54:46.752-08:002010-02-27T08:54:46.752-08:00I don't go for this kind of passive aggressive...I don't go for this kind of passive aggressive bullshit in interviews. Reminds me of rockers from the '70's. It's mean-spirited. He knew very well what kind of questions she would ask beforehand so he should not have consented to an interview if he didn't want to be interviewed. He could have made the point that the pictures "speak" for themselves in a thoughtful and interesting way but chose not to. Really obnoxious.Benhttp://www.bennettlevinephotographs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-83109339733057655182010-02-25T20:23:45.156-08:002010-02-25T20:23:45.156-08:00I don't know why anyone would even attempt to ...I don't know why anyone would even attempt to read more in to his photos than what is in front of your face. His answers were very appropriate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-23282598184195753732010-02-25T14:32:55.375-08:002010-02-25T14:32:55.375-08:00Made me laugh out loud. he was giving nothing away...Made me laugh out loud. he was giving nothing away! Great stuff. But the last answer was that classic fear of the creative person, that if you try to examine the creative process too closely, the magic will cease to happen. It's almost like a superstition. . . <br />Jon, who can't remember his google account password!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-78779384952548924192010-02-25T13:35:53.016-08:002010-02-25T13:35:53.016-08:00That is awesome!
So many photographers anymore al...That is awesome!<br /><br />So many photographers anymore always talking about the "deeper meaning" of their photos often leaves me feeling like I'm missing something. <br /><br />I just like to take pictures!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-79142097639188246972010-02-25T10:53:51.749-08:002010-02-25T10:53:51.749-08:00Imagine if there was some kind of medium that coul...Imagine if there was some kind of medium that could somehow show what he can't seem to verbalize!Stan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-70732666904461563972010-02-25T09:05:05.826-08:002010-02-25T09:05:05.826-08:00Thank you. This is EXACTLY what I needed today.Thank you. This is EXACTLY what I needed today.cybergabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046481296417994068noreply@blogger.com