The focal Point- a reaction to an exhibition review
What I think the Author is saying
He first
explains that photography is more than just “art photography and includes lots
of other avenues such as flicka and facebook and that these images impact the
“art” that is produced. He hints that any artist that doesn’t appreciate these
avenues will not be as good or popular.
The
different types of photographer all look down their noses at the amateur
photographers with no formal training, because they don’t know the rules, and
often break them photographing anything that takes their fancy.
The “true
artist” live on top of the world, obviously better and envied by all, however
the contemporary artist seems to be invading the market and looking down on the
photographers as they believe photographers don’t create art, they just take
pictures of other peoples art and pass it off as their own.
Overall each
group seems to hate each other and for someone new to the market it can be quite
difficult to find your way without fear of rejection from certain groups.
The lines
are blurred as to what is classed as photography, is it classed as photography
if you have edited the image, if its digital not film, if you have manipulated
the image, added effects or used different layers. Each photographer has their
own view and reasons they believe their work IS classed as photography.
My views
At first I
thought the author was a snob looking down on different types of photographer
and photography; however I think he was trying to inject some humour into a
hardly funny situation.
He spends a lot of time describing
the “tribes” which I don’t think it needs it. Going through all the artists who
contributed to the exhibition he seems to be people pleasing and very rarely
giving a personal opinion instead giving facts on the work of each artist.
I like that he explores the blurred
lines around what is classed as photography and acknowledges different types of
photographer’s views on photography.
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