From: pete (temperaprint@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 10/14/03-04:08:52 AM Z
Kate wrote:
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> Shannon wrote:
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>> Does late 20th/early 21st century Pictorialism have its own version
>> of kitsch? Let's pick on pinhole and Holga users for example: seen
>> any really kitschy Holga or pinhole pictures? (It's ok if they are
>> cyanotypes too!) And what is kitsch?
>
> Have a look at some of the msn groups and yahoo as well - kitsch and
> sentimentality are alive and well!!! Also star filters, diffuser filters etc
> etc etc....every crime known to photography has someone as its proponent
> (lol). They do a painting paper here called "kitsch" but I'm not game to try
> it! Holga I think would lend itself to kitsch - I guess the definition would
> really be bad taste - all those 70's sad-eyed moppet pictures for example. I
> think there has to be an air of whimsy about it too, like teapots the shape
> of cottages or cats for instance ;)
>
> Kate
In my view kitsch is when the taste is so bad it becomes something new and
therefore has artistic merit. English seaside postcards of obese men in
scarlet full length bathing costumes looking down with the comment were has
my little Willie gone is a typical example
Pete
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