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 Re: Cinzia {Maternity in the Red Rocks} | |
Evan,
help me out here, in pursuit of dmacmillan\'s goal about elevating the level of discourse: why the hell should it be Lisa\'s, or my, or your goal in your photography to avoid \"being repetitive?\" When in hell is \"variability\" in work a criterion for competence? Presenting a body of work is NOT about fricking \"entertaining\" a viewer. Viewer is bored? Get the F out and go look at something that \"entertains\" you. Are there not \"Genre\'s\" of work? Can it not be said of Cezanne, Monet, Winogrand, HCB, etc. that at some level or another their works were \"repetitive?\" I mean, cryin\' out loud, how many frickin\' apples, pears, etc. can you paint 
Head over to M2A2, hundreds of photographs of aircraft of all kinds - good grief, not once have I heard the critique of \"oh my gosh, Jan Arie, Jim Wilson, Rodolfo Paiz, you guys are so repetitive.\" Damn right, not at all It\'s the artistic brilliance of each of these photographers that captures an essence of aviation in each presentation they offer up.
Or, check out the MF board within Nikon SLR\'s, how many flowers have been captured by the many contributors on that thread? Exquisitely, and not once have I read anyone say \"by gosh, Lt. Z, you are so repetitive.\" I\'ll bet Curtis Grindahl has got half a dozen pics of the SF Bay bridge, each one is of the bridge - oh my god, how repetitive!! Yet each one is unique in its own right. Perhaps the viewers who complain of boredom haven\'t learned how to look past the superficial presentation of the image.
FWIW, I\'m not at all into being politically correct, so if the Brazilian commenter\'s are hamstrung by their ESL, if that\'s what it is, well, tough shitsky. You gonna play in the game, get up to speed.
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