Richard S. Sullivan (richsul@earthlink.net)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:13:01 -0600
Bill Laven says:
>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.
>
When I was at Cameravision years ago I had to politely excuse myself from a
dinner party saying that I had help out at a hanging. I got some strange
looks since most at the dinner party were not too much into photography or
the gallery scene. "Installation of a show" is better terminology.
I still like to "shoot" pictures. I don't get upset if someone uses a
different terminology if it makes them feel better. I am one of those
Pinkerites who think that the mind effects language not vice versa, though
I don't think anyone really knows at this point.
--Dick Sullivan
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