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Posted by dorayme on 02/20/07 21:42
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<1171990250.133891.261470@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
"Travis Newbury" <TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 19, 4:23 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > > I hate black and white images of the Grand Canyon. It completely
> > > > loses its magic. (Actually I hate images of it at all as they can
> > > > never even begin to capture the canyon.)
> > > Oooooooookay....but what does that have to do with the HTML?
> > Looks like a bit of stuff is not coming to my newsreader.
> > So Travis said this eh?
> > Well, Travis, for your information, a good photograph "of the
> > Grand Canyon" is not trying to capture the canyon. This is a
> > naive idea about pictures and representative art generally. A
> > good artistic photograph is something in itself and is not a
> > travel poster to give you some information on what a treat you
> > are in for if you visit the "real" thing. Nor is it a substitute
> > for the real thing, more convenient to visit or have.
> >
> > To begin to understand what I am telling you, you might need to
> > concentrate first on bromide prints made from original negatives.
>
> I still don't like like them...
Oh... I don't at all mind this. Freedom is a very good thing. But
what I see as a fundamental ignorance about the whole nature of
representative art is something I do mind. In other words,
freedom is a very good thing, but only up to a point. I have no
idea at all if Luigi understood the limits.
--
dorayme
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