Rita Dibert (rjdibert@whanganui.ac.nz)
Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:56:41 +1300
The camera question is often the only one peopable with, to start. When
exhibitioning I always anwer all the techy questions in bold print: ie.
Busch Pressman, Kodak lens, Polaroid 55NP enlarged to 16x20, selinium toned
geletin silver print, hand tinted. Then we can start to talk about intent,
content, message, situationally metaphors...whatever.WE have no way of
telling what level a person, or a student for that matter, is at until we
begin the conversation.It would be akin to asking id to start sopmewhere.
Rita
Rita Dibert
Principal Tutor and Head of Dept., Photography
Quay School of Fine Arts
Wanganui, New Zealand
>ENOUGH!! Surely anyone who does something should take pride in being asked
>questions. They might be stupid in your eyes but not in theirs. I use a
>Gerge Hare view camera, just over 100 years old. When using it on one
>occasion a young boy came up to me and asked if he could have a look
>through the ground glass screen. "Cor mister" he said, "its in colour!"
>Think about it.
>
>We must all have met "famous" people at some stage including some of you
>lot who are well know in the alternative world. What has been their
>reaction to you? The brush off or a courteous polite chat. Which will you
>remember in future?
>
>Richard Morris
>
>
>> >
>> >Amen. I found it interesting, typical, and disgusting that while I set
>> >up my camera at APIS several "photographers" ask me things like: What
>> >kind of camera? What kind of lens? What kind of ______? Aside from
>> >being annoying, they're missing the point. The question to be asked is
>> >WHAT KIND OF PHOTOGRAPHER ARE YOU? At least it's a question I would
>> >enjoy answering.
>
>Richard Morris
>Brunel University, UK
>richard.morris@brunel.ac.uk
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