I kinda like flickr for the vast variety of photography (while at the same time hating it for their needless technical tampering). There's groups for everything and photos of everything.
The topic of allegory on flickr is pretty meager there though. There aren't any lively groups for allegory. Searching tags for allegory finds mostly historical paintings and mis-tagged or documentary images. I don't think it's flickr's problem, but more representative of the photography medium in general.
Has the notion of expressing using allegory and photography died off? Is allegory a dead classical and victorian anachronism? I know one living photographer (at least) who likes to employ allegory, perhaps because he's inspired by painters that have done that.
Is it a dying anachronism because we have no cultural/educational shared understanding of the classical/mythological/religious themes/symbolism that often fueled allegory in the past? Is it too "romantic" and uncool to employ a classical/religious allegory? Are artists trying so hard to be different they avoid any shared understand that is required for allegory? Or are we too modern inspired such that is primarily about composition rather than communication? Maybe I'm asking too many questions; just trying to get your brains in gear. I like art history and don't see much of the concept of allegory happening in common contemporary art photography. generic "I dress in black" angst isn't allegory.
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