I just wanted to say that I thought that this last months meeting was one of the best ever! It was filled with information and inspiration and thought provoking questions and discussion. I came across a quote that I wanted to share. I thought it was somewhat appropriate in this age of ever-changing technology.
"Technique must serve inspiration" -unknown
It's the images that come first from my imagination that I am always most proud of. What do you think?
Jamie
Jamie et al,
ReplyDeleteI certainly agree. Not that there aren't good images that aren't inspired, but there is something special that comes from that place in the mind that has not been tampered with by volition, or by a learning process. Call it the Muse, intuition, Inspiration, Guidance from above, serendipity, whatever.
I am happy that you enjoyed our last meeting. I hope it was productive, but it was difficult for me. I don't think I did a very good job of presenting my point. I certainly did not make it clear that I was talking specifically about the ART of photography and not the hobby of taking pictures.
I hope that as we continue to meet, my work and participation in our meetings will clarify things. I hope people will tolerate my ideas and not feel threatened by them. I am not trying to convert people to my perspective, but I would like others to understand that there is more to photography than meets the eye, especially when that eye is limited to a camera club mentality of meeting certain set criterion for "good" photos, or worse, a need to produce something unique but devoid of aesthetic quality.
I think that art, and photography as an art, can be a potent instrument of social change, which we desperately need. While not everyone cares to make their photos significant in this respect, some of the world's most renown photographers have cared, and their photographic art has changed the world, for the better. Few of them were acknowledged by their contemporaries or rewarded monetarily for their work, but they will be remembered when all the pretty "winners" have been long forgotten.
I don't expect to be listed among them, but that won't stop me from pursuing photography as an art, and trying to explain to people what that means.
Ron Reimer