Digital BW, The Print

Simply count the words when we explain our art, photography, or
philosophy. Especially telling is the use of "I." 

Word count, conscious or unconscious, the sure way others measure our
honesty and merit, as opposed to our self delusion, smoke and mirrors.

Visiting a museum one will rarely useful commentary about a photograph
by a photographer.

Edward Weston talked about his his daily life, especially his
excitements, in his Daybooks. He didn't talk about self expression.

John






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Francis Ford
<francisford45@y...> wrote:
> I have been a photographer for 35 years and what you
> eloquently said is the reason I'm still doing
> it.....Bravo.  Francis Ford
> --- Johnny Eades <jeades1@s...> wrote:
> > 
> > I don't feel ego should be any part of photography
> > for self-expression. 
> > It's the complete loss of ego that enables one to
> > express their true 
> > feelings (self expression) for the moment of
> > revelation that happens on 
> > rare instances that the photographer is compelled to
> > attempt to express 
> > it via a photograph. Visual accomplishment doesn't
> > equal self 
> > achievement; the moment of realizing that this image
> > is important 
> > because it portrays the equivalent of my feelings at
> > the time. An 
> > example I'll offer is while photographing at Atalaya
> > (the summer home 
> > of Archie Huntington) at Huntington Beach in South
> > Carolina, I came 
> > across a large room that had a single bench that was
> > lit by the sun 
> > streaming through a large side window. The rest of
> > the room was in ive 
> > darkness. I had recently gone through the death of
> > my wife and when I 
> > saw this image, I knew I had to make it. The lonely
> > bench in the large 
> > room and lit by the light spoke to me just as
> > certainly as if a voice 
> > had said it. What it said was "Lonely, but never
> > alone" and thankfully 
> > I had enough technical ability to capture it as I
> > felt it and the 
> > resulting print also spoke to me. I had to work on
> > the print to enable 
> > its voice, but the result was good. I feel that most
> > photographers who 
> > do this as a serious hobby have self-expression as
> > the underlying 
> > reason. 
> > 
> > Your friend in Photography,
> > 
> > Johnny
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> > "Djon" 
> > <westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > One especially nice thing about commercial work is
> > that one doesn't
> > > need to involve his ego, he can just do the
> > discipline and make
> > > pictures. As a result a person can sometimes
> > accomplish a lot 
> > visually. 
> > > 
> > > I'm not convinced that most people (or I myself)
> > have enough
> > > "internal" stuff to make "self expression"
> > worthwhile.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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