On Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 9:35, Benson Honig <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "[OM] Re: ( OM ) Photographic manipu" saying:
> The biggest debate about AA is his work as an artist. He brought
> beautiful pictures into homes and offices. Many critics claimed it
> was all technical wizardry absent any interpretation (that's what
> artists are "supposed" to do = see and interpret). I thought it was
> well known in photographic circles that he did many darkroom
> techniques. In fact, he often meticulously
> proscribed
To proscribe means to forbid. I think you meant the opposite, prescribed,
meaning wrote in detail ahead of time. ;-)
> them, and usually had darkroom assistants copy off the work in
> limited editions to his exact instructions and specificatons. His
> famous work was all large format. It was a small studio factory, not
> unlike that of many famous artists, sculptors, etc... that he ran. I
> see his work as technically brilliant - and I do enjoy many of the
> great ones. I think the secondary message is that nature is
> beautiful. Nothing more powerful beyond that. I would not put him at
> the top of MY favorite photographers, because I focus (pun intended)
> more on interpretation than on technique.
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