If any-one's interested, a somewhat interesting essay by Charlotte Cotton (plus my minor blathering about it)
http://photo-muse.blogspot.com/2007/...and-white.html
http://www.tipofthetongue.org/main.html?id=0
plenty of ammo for everyone...
If any-one's interested, a somewhat interesting essay by Charlotte Cotton (plus my minor blathering about it)
http://photo-muse.blogspot.com/2007/...and-white.html
http://www.tipofthetongue.org/main.html?id=0
plenty of ammo for everyone...
You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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I read the article, and I'm on the fence about her summation- that "a time when photography's value as a contemporary way of seeing is to be questioned" is upon us. I think photographic imagery is still very much currency of the realm in this day and age, but the methods of its production and display are in flux. The advent of cellphone cams and digital video are certainly changing the medium, but I don't think that photo-captured imagery (as opposed to CGI-rendered) will cease relevance. So much of our common cultural language is now spoken through recorded images. To remove photographic imagery from world culture today would be like trying to remove Latinate words from the English language.
Isn't it odd that a pen and ink drawing by a good artist draws no less praise than the oil painting in full color. But when the discussion turns to photography? B&W seems to become an orphan child. Personally, I prefer black and white. Always have....always will. But that's just me, daring to express my opinion.
I don't know of any with pen and ink, but printing making has certainly seen a revival in recent years. I've seen special displays at various art museums on prints on several occasions over the last couple years. One of these exhibits was solely B&W work from woodcut. I'm surprised by how many print displays I've been seeing. I'm talking print making of the press sorts, not photographic prints.
I didn't realize how old this thread was when I replied.
Just another observation, but I have come across art historians and painting faculty (university setting) who praise a historic/established painter's paintings, but snub the same artist's etchings as being unimportant. So I am not quite sure your point is correct. That, along with the another concept I have heard of...that the critique of art is in itself an art form, has made me wonder about the the general ability of university art historians to actually think critically.
My apologies to any art historians here, but I get the impression that the university art history programs tend to churn out mental lemmings.
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I agree, Michael. To me, there's nothing comparable to a finely executed B&W print. Color has it's
place, of course, and I'm not knocking it. The wow factor, for me, will always be black and white, though.
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