From: ericawd (ericawd@mem.quik.com)
Date: 09/04/02-06:43:34 AM Z
Here, here.
Candace (Lost in West Tennessee) Spearman
----- Original Message -----
From: <PhotonTom@aol.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: "CALENDAR ARTIST"
> Just an extra thought.... "Calendar Artist" is used as an appelation, but
> would the same using that apply it to Degas, Monet, Rembrandt or any of
> dozens of other artists whose works have been "calendarized"? The fact
that
> something is found pleasing to the eye by many (oh God, the unwashed
> masses!!) does not negate the validity of the work or its excellence...
and
> having works that are "edgy" does not automatically make them better.
> Extreme sports, extreme arts. Some things, edgy or calendar are, frankly,
> crap...some are not. I'd suggest that what is needed more that one spend
> some time with a work... just as we may put up one of our own images on
the
> wall for a period to really get a good feel for how well it works. I've
been
> guilty of dashing through an exhibition and ready to evaluate it on the
spot,
> but I've also gone back to some several times and developed a real
> appreciation for works that at first glance did not.
> Cheers to all (new to this list...great sport)
> Tom Crowe
> Thomas Crowe Studios-Photographic Arts
> Lost in East Tennessee
>
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