tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470937264872540461.post8847692843769113357..comments2024-03-17T22:48:48.651-07:00Comments on HOUSE OF MIRTH PHOTOS & EPHEMERA: WHY WERE THESE PICTURES TAKEN? by JOEL ROTENBERGStacy Waldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136804608239710853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470937264872540461.post-48993377565553497252010-04-03T10:34:51.736-07:002010-04-03T10:34:51.736-07:00I just read "The Art of the Snapshot?" a...I just read "The Art of the Snapshot?" and I think it's the best article I have ever read on the subject. Superb, Joel!Angelicahttp://www.flickr.com/swapatorium2/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470937264872540461.post-66800483116327495602010-04-02T21:34:57.954-07:002010-04-02T21:34:57.954-07:00Thoughtful and insightful entry. I refer to these ...Thoughtful and insightful entry. I refer to these kinds of photos as "elusive". The snapshot is very malleable medium within the larger realm of photography and can often be used to mean or say whatever you want them to. These photos come close to pure photography-that is photography and image-making for their own sake with no apparent narrative strand which the observer can use to "read" the photo and no sense of the personality of the photographer noted in the taking of the photo. The subject of the photo is what you perceive it to be. The photo exists independent of associative imagery derived from memory and the tropes of previous snapshot subjects.Robert Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363191650171789617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470937264872540461.post-52865208716082169102010-04-02T17:11:24.808-07:002010-04-02T17:11:24.808-07:00I see the sloppiness of historical reality in ever...I see the sloppiness of historical reality in everyday events. I feel as though I’m perceiving art, just like when I’m looking at a vintage snapshot. These sloppy second (we are at least the second viewer) snapshots offer a profound sense of inspiration and joy. I desire to capture these ordinary moments, but they're fleeting, until the next moment, and the next moment, and the next moment!<br /><br />Larry BaumhorLARRY BAUMHORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289385962616877645noreply@blogger.com