Ted Fisher on Documentary Photography & Documentary Filmmaking
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Thursday Theory
Picasso thought: "You'll feel a mix of lust and shame standing in front of this painting. You'll be attracted and repelled. It will disorient you, both spatially and morally."
Nah. People just take pictures of it as if it were a bowl of fruit.
1 comment:
palmerh
said...
In worldwide galleries I am often embarassed by my lack of a camera. I just have to reassure myself that seeing and framing the image are different activities. I was once almost crushed by tourists trying to snap a famous Louvre image, and to this day I ask if they ever even saw the painting...
Bowls of fruit are sometimes best appreciated internally
1 comment:
In worldwide galleries I am often embarassed by my lack of a camera. I just have to reassure myself that seeing and framing the image are different activities.
I was once almost crushed by tourists trying to snap a famous Louvre image, and to this day I ask if they ever even saw the painting...
Bowls of fruit are sometimes best appreciated internally
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