Brian Ellis (beellis@gte.net)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 15:09:55 -0400
In their workshops both Ruth Bernhard and John Sexton have a little game, where
you contribute a quarter every time you speak of "shoot" or "shooting." The
quarters (of which there are many at first, fewer as the week goes on) are used
for an end of workshop party. Once you've been through this educational
experience you never again refer to shooting anything photographically.
Ken Sinclair wrote:
> Bill,
> My mentor (these many years ago) forbade the use of such words as "Shoot",
> "Take", "Soup" and of course "Blow-up". He was adamant that these words
> used in a "common photographic mode" indicated that the photographer did
> not "care" about the art, craft and science of photography.
>
> Ken
>
> > >I have been shooting nudes in the landscape with mine...
> >
> >You know, you can get arrested in many states for that. For heaven's sake,
> >when are we going to stop shooting people for the sake of art!
> >
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