Digital BW, The Print

In *total* agreement about bluedog guy!  ;- )

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC


Steadman Uhlich wrote:

> 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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