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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    I've got a "few" close friends and family photographers. Lucky for me they "get it".

    Like sister's boyfriend (a film-maker) two weeks ago told me the story (I hadn't heard yet) that Star Wars is being shot on Kodak film. Now that kind of ice-breaker can keep a conversation flowing.

    p.s. I work for Kodak and the opinions and positions I take are my own and not necessarily those of EKC.

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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    I'd rather hear "Mumbo Jumbo" than technical talk...

    We can't have one without the other. They are complimentary and relative.

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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    Mumbo without the Jumbo? No way man
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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Lee View Post
    I'd rather hear "Mumbo Jumbo" than technical talk...

    We can't have one without the other. They are complimentary and relative.
    Especially with photography. I'm starting to get it.

    You need technical AND "Mumbo Jumbo" for excellent photography.

    And followers of the legendary Parrot Ox need neither.

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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Burk View Post
    I've got a "few" close friends and family photographers. Lucky for me they "get it".

    Like sister's boyfriend (a film-maker) two weeks ago told me the story (I hadn't heard yet) that Star Wars is being shot on Kodak film. Now that kind of ice-breaker can keep a conversation flowing.

    p.s. I work for Kodak and the opinions and positions I take are my own and not necessarily those of EKC.
    NYT has an interview with the Coen bros and they talk about the film vs digital debate in the movie industry. True Grit was their last movie using film and they discuss how the cutting room is becoming an dying art. Interesting article.

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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo is excellent.

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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    I was the one who started the "mumbo jumbo" discussion. Actually I first used "mumbo jumbo" to paraphrase something Ansel Adams said about Minor White, not something I was calling his ideas myself. Thereafter I put the phrase "mumbo jumbo" in quotes, hoping to show that I wasn't personally applying the term to White, Bullock, or Caponigro's theories but rather as a shorthand way of describing what I was talking about.

    I think if you read my posts in that thread you'll see nothing derisive in them. I didn't criticize Bullock, White, Caponigro, or anyone who finds their ideas about photography useful. I think you and a few others have defended themselves and those photographers against criticism that was never made. As I said in my original post, if anyone finds their theories useful, that's fine.
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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    The chasm between art and language assures each will survive as distinct expressions.

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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    Quote Originally Posted by paulr View Post
    Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo is excellent.
    Thanks for the suggestion, I've been hankering for a good read as of late. This title has never been on my radar - will check it out.

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    Re: Getting something useful from "Mumbo Jumbo"

    Brian Ellis,

    Perhaps derisive was an unfortunate word. My overarching feeling in starting this thread wasn't to mount a defense, but to continue a discussion that wouldn't have taken place without a contrary position.

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