Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
There's a trend in photography, amongst young graduates to attempt to leave meaning up to the viewer as a higher form of art!
Once again, we have a serious photographer putting forward work elsewhere n OPF, which is left for the viewer alone to find meaning and value, care having been taken to not contaminate or alter the matter of the subject with the photographer's mind!
But is this even possible, let alone a valid claim for art.
Let me quote Brooks' Jensen's latest Lenswork podcast on the matter,
"PIFFLE"
I'd offer that Art
You must listen to Brooks Jensen's podcast. Ask yourself if he's correct in his "Piffle!" assessment. Are there exceptions?
Asher
Once again, we have a serious photographer putting forward work elsewhere n OPF, which is left for the viewer alone to find meaning and value, care having been taken to not contaminate or alter the matter of the subject with the photographer's mind!
But is this even possible, let alone a valid claim for art.
Let me quote Brooks' Jensen's latest Lenswork podcast on the matter,
"PIFFLE"
I'd offer that Art
- Is some crafted physical manifestation exported from the human brain,
- Comes from the mind of a person with some values, representing some fascinating construct woven of the imagination with personal choices.
- In that exported manifestation, if faithful, and crafted successfully, there are ideas, vision, themes, substance and or imperatives to move us.
You must listen to Brooks Jensen's podcast. Ask yourself if he's correct in his "Piffle!" assessment. Are there exceptions?
Asher