Projectionist76
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I just can't let this leave my mind; I saw this discussion on flickr and now I'm oddly frustrated by this guy's views on photography.
Flickr: Discussing why ansel adams ? in Ansel Adams (Legendary Landscape Photographer)
Is he an advanced troll or is this view shared by others?
"I have a rule...to make a photo...There should be one of 2 criteria,
of why to take a photogragh...
The subject should be Alive or Rare.
anything...not fitting in this category...few if any pics should be taken
of it. (I am thinking mountains...here.)
Besides the beauty or interest a photo conveys...
it also helps us remember...and gives a since of history.
Mountains...fail miserably... on all 4 of these criteria.
After all...you can not remember what never goes away.
Humanity...is tops...and life...is tops...rocks are not.
when I think of all the notable people that lived in Adams
lifetime...MLK, Mother Teresa, Babe Ruth,Josephine baker,
Albert Einstein...the list goes on and on.
while all these remarkable people...were here....
Adams was out in the woods taking Images of rocks...
blows my mind...wish I had lived when he lived....
I wouldnt have wasted my time."
"I can add...my theory for what its worth about trees....
Though nature...a tree is alive....I love trees.
However, and most importantly...A large group of trees
is a worthless photo.
How can I be so arrogant....you say.
simple logic....A photo of a large group of trees shows nothing
of them individually...only a mass of trees.
I would think it best not to photograph more than three of them,
so the uniqueness of each one, can be appreciated."
"Bravo...but do some people...too.
A photo is a document of history...
a landscape is never really history..it is mundane
it can be lovely at times I spose...
but again...shouldnt we focus on Humans...animals as well
not the dirt we trod upon !
mountains/landscapes dont make
it...they are the stage the actors play on.
Much like photographing the table...instead of flowers sat upon it."
To me he sounds like an arrogant clown but since I'm kinda new to the different philosophies in photography I wonder what you have to say.
Flickr: Discussing why ansel adams ? in Ansel Adams (Legendary Landscape Photographer)
Is he an advanced troll or is this view shared by others?
"I have a rule...to make a photo...There should be one of 2 criteria,
of why to take a photogragh...
The subject should be Alive or Rare.
anything...not fitting in this category...few if any pics should be taken
of it. (I am thinking mountains...here.)
Besides the beauty or interest a photo conveys...
it also helps us remember...and gives a since of history.
Mountains...fail miserably... on all 4 of these criteria.
After all...you can not remember what never goes away.
Humanity...is tops...and life...is tops...rocks are not.
when I think of all the notable people that lived in Adams
lifetime...MLK, Mother Teresa, Babe Ruth,Josephine baker,
Albert Einstein...the list goes on and on.
while all these remarkable people...were here....
Adams was out in the woods taking Images of rocks...
blows my mind...wish I had lived when he lived....
I wouldnt have wasted my time."
"I can add...my theory for what its worth about trees....
Though nature...a tree is alive....I love trees.
However, and most importantly...A large group of trees
is a worthless photo.
How can I be so arrogant....you say.
simple logic....A photo of a large group of trees shows nothing
of them individually...only a mass of trees.
I would think it best not to photograph more than three of them,
so the uniqueness of each one, can be appreciated."
"Bravo...but do some people...too.
A photo is a document of history...
a landscape is never really history..it is mundane
it can be lovely at times I spose...
but again...shouldnt we focus on Humans...animals as well
not the dirt we trod upon !
mountains/landscapes dont make
it...they are the stage the actors play on.
Much like photographing the table...instead of flowers sat upon it."
To me he sounds like an arrogant clown but since I'm kinda new to the different philosophies in photography I wonder what you have to say.