Re: cheese and the moon. Re: Definition- landscape arguement continued

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From: Shannon Stoney (shannonstoney@earthlink.net)
Date: 12/21/02-07:10:00 PM Z


> The term "landscape photography" appears to have somewhat of a cult
> following. Why are there so many people so quick to qualify their own
> work as landscape?

>
> It is as if there is a little bit of "landscape envy" and that people feel
> they have to have images that are landscapes to be of value and fit in.

This would be news to me. I thought it was somewhat old-fashioned to be
making landscapes, especially pretty ones. The cult thing right now seems
to be to take pictures of yourself naked, preferably looking very gloomy and
distressed.

--shannon


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