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I subscribe to a blog that is a bit more philosophical than most and the blogger has posted an interesting piece on Vivien Maier.
Two sentences I particularly agreed with are:
"Her eager reception by critics and audiences alike seems to me less about her photography and rather more about her remarkable life story."
and
".....the heightened status of photographs as objects which must be displayed makes it increasingly difficult for us to comprehend of making photographs solely for ourselves, or even for no one at all."
I find myself in the peculiar situation of liking to have people look at my photos and, on the other hand, like Gene Kelly's artist character in 'American in Paris', being completely unwilling to discuss them.
Two sentences I particularly agreed with are:
"Her eager reception by critics and audiences alike seems to me less about her photography and rather more about her remarkable life story."
and
".....the heightened status of photographs as objects which must be displayed makes it increasingly difficult for us to comprehend of making photographs solely for ourselves, or even for no one at all."
I find myself in the peculiar situation of liking to have people look at my photos and, on the other hand, like Gene Kelly's artist character in 'American in Paris', being completely unwilling to discuss them.