Digital BW, The Print

Interesting points Mark.  

I agree must be tired of doggy shots.  But Wegman had a unique way of capturing the farce of human fashion and affectation, by using dogs in fashion clothes.  

Have you seen his children's video on the alphabet?  He uses his dogs to make the letters in strange and entertaining ways. Great for kids. Creative.

But what about that guy that does the "Blue Dog"  paintings?  Tell me about milking...

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Tucker 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 8:16 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: The Name Issue and Other Ramblings


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography 
  <skid@b...> wrote:
  Ask any artist who has been represented by a gallery or 
  dealer...They 'sell'
  > branding.  Should he or she tell their dealer that they are 
  changing artistic directions, and the dealers
  > absolutely *panic*.


  Don't you know, secretly, very secretly, that William Wegman is 
  just sick of carting around those damn dogs... Don't you just 
  know that he panics at the thought of having to do new work; 
  loading them up again in the stationwagon, buying the dog 
  clothes, getting the doggie downers down their throats, etc.

  Can you imagine how restricting that would be? "Can I just shoot 
  a non-dog picture for a change...?" 

  The guy's probably made a mint by now, (and I'd personally say 
  that he's ready for a change), but I wonder if he really loves it, or if 
  he's just milking it.

  It's fresh on my mind because he was featured this morning on 
  "Sunday Morning", about a new book called something like "A 
  Sense of Place". And you know he always gets the TV coverage, 
  because dogs always make good TV, and even better if they're in 
  human clothing.

  I'm not slamming him, but it crossed my mind this morning while 
  watching that if he's kinda "in a rut", if you know what I mean...

  -MT


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