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BIG

We were discussing large photographs last night in Materials & Methods
class. The large print today, from Jeff Wall to Thomas Struth to Lawrie
Novak. If photography is an imitation of reality the depiction becomes more
illusory if scale is considered as well as content, context, narrative and
composition.
Jack Fulton

> From: Pam Niedermayer <pam_pine@cape.com>

> I can't speak to the future, but it does appear that many photographers are
> going for gigantic prints, much larger than 16x20. Maybe it has something to
> do with the Claude Bucher (sp?) bit running on PBS for a few months. Probably
> also
> has something to do with corporate sales.
> 
> Personally, I like very small art quite a bit. There are some tiny Kandanski's
> I saw some years ago, just love the intimacy of them. Also have seen a lot of
> Indian art that's quite small.

> valerie_matthews@notes.teradyne.com wrote:
>> 

>> How do people feel about being one (for the most part) of the smallest - in
>> size that is - art form.  Everthing seems
>> so big today.