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I do have some sympathy with his attitude to lik, but he shouldn't expand it to photography in generalVery poor and lazy article by Jonathan Jones who patently dislikes photographers (see also : http://www.theguardian.com/artandde...13/why-photographs-dont-work-in-art-galleries.)
He's desperately trying to be controversial to seek attention - however his WUM attempts are rank amateur in comparison with the expertise available even here in the SMB!
I'm not the greatest fan of black and white shots - but to call them "outmoded" and an "arty special effect" is so obviously trying to be provocative it pathetic!
If he is unable to research photography beyond his suggestion that "My Ipad can take panoramic views that are gorgeous to look at" suggests a bone idleness of the highest order and totally "befitting" a "Friday afternoon post pub" article aimed at stirring up a controversy that simply doesn't exist!
Why does he refer to "fine art" in his various articles and compare with the obvious photography equivalent.....an Ipad? Surely ..rent a higher order Canon or Nikon and try them out for an afternoon?.... But no ..."fine art's" direct comparison in the world of photography is an Ipad!!
His piece on the poppies at The Tower of London is petulant and infantile!
Other than that - he's a brilliant journalist!
Why should that stop you having an opinion? Most landscapers barely have a good word to say about Lik. Jealousy of course, but his stuff is nothing special. He's nowhere near as good as Cornish for example. Nor Michael Fatali who did all this Antelope Canyon stuff donkeys years before himI don't really think I am in a position to criticise someone who has sold prints for $6.5 million, $2.4 million and $1.1 million.
I wouldn't really care what anyone else thought if I was selling my photos for that kind of money!
Architecture especiallyHis argument against photography as an art form is that it's driven by technology. Same could easily be argued about painting (brushes, pigments and suchlike, or Adobe Illustrator for that matter), sculpture (quarrying, chisels), literature (pens, word processors, printing presses) or music (instruments, recording equipment).
Why should that stop you having an opinion? Most landscapers barely have a good word to say about Lik. Jealousy of course, but his stuff is nothing special. He's nowhere near as good as Cornish for example. Nor Michael Fatali who did all this Antelope Canyon stuff donkeys years before him
He's a master salesman, of himself and his workDoesn't stop me having an opinion at all, but I would definitely sacrifice my artistic integrity for that kind of money
In fact thinking about it, I regularly do things the way a customer wants, rather than what I recommend, just cos they are dangling a couple of hundred ££ in front of me !
Trueits about having the eye to see a shot or the framing or the picture within a picture to crop...that to me is artistic