Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
Well, I do NOT consider Gursky a photographer. Maybe a legit art form in the bigger
scheme of things. Interesting, but not worthy of the same respect as a true photographer. Not the skill set of a serious painter either. Fauxtography. That's fine, but not my cup of tea. Different set of rules. So I'd scratch him off my list of prices
paid for actual photographs. Interpreting a scene is one thing, outright inventing it
or egregiously manipulating it, altogether a different game. Saw some Uelsman-like
work the other day that impressed me a lot more. It was very whimsical, but pre-Fauxtoshop and required quite a bit of darkroom skill. Kinda like expecting a Japanese sword-maker to actual forge and hone the steel, and not outsource it.
Craft counts too.
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