Re: curves and gum and Christopher James book
Title: Re: curves and gum and Christopher James book In trying to wade through that article I had the same impression
as Don, and somewhere along the line I also thought, SHOW ME THE
PRINTS. It is, after all, about making prints, is it not? I seriously
doubt that the author of that piece has ever made a single alternative
print, and if Yves subscribes to this kind of nonsense I wonder about
him as well.
And I don't think Don should apologize in the least for his
attitude. When the emperor parades around in the nude it is perfectly
appropriate that sane folks point out that he has no clothes on.
Sandy King
At 1:42 AM -0600 3/7/08, Dan Burkholder wrote:
Hi Yves, I appreciate your reference to the article mentioned but I gotta tell you, when the photographs used to illustrate a point are just plain terrible, I find it difficult to take the information that seriously. If the authors' sensitivity to content and design is divorced from concepts of beauty and esthetics how are they going to get anyone other than academic nerds to pay attention? Good grief, did this duo have to use photos of a PC sitting on a counter and cars in a parking garage? I literally fell asleep trying to read that piece. Is there a special word processor that these folks use to produce the most uninteresting verbiage possible? In so many photographic issues it comes down to SHOW ME THE PRINTS! There are so many firm theories and absolute approaches by pixel pushers and algorithm humpers who never make a goddam print. If the final prints have soul, beauty and intrigue, who cares what "operator" was used in the production? Theoretical precision has close to nothing to do with art. Sorry if this sounds bitter. When I awoke after trying to read that article, I was much like a bear, resentful of being disturbed during hibernation. ;^) Dan On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:40 PM, Yves Gauvreau wrote:
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