Digital BW, The Print

I think NG is several notches above "photo-journalism", but not a fine art publication.  That being said, I'm sure they have images which if presented as such would qualify on their own merits as "fine art"

(so....does that now mean the "presentation", or venue determines if it's fine art or not???)

John
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Nelson 

  A few years ago I attended a show at the Decordova Museum of Modern 
  Art in Massachusetts of photography from National Geographic.   Many 
  people consider Nat Geo to have some of the consistently best 
  photography in the world and they've published many 
  successful "coffee table" books of their photography.    But I've 
  met, talked with, or taken workshops from their photo editor and 
  several of their photographers and I know that they regard 
  themselves as PJ's.   So what do people here think of NatGeo 
  photography - art or PJ?

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