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Subject: Re: Art vs. Technique
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 12:42:18 EDT
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> 
> However, I am not Adams, and I really do believe in the ideas I expressed
> last week, mentioned in the posting above.  Working almost exclusively now
> with color materials has led me more and more to believe in the merits of
> exacting realism.  I do have several negatives which I am often tempted to
> manipulate in these ways; yet, when I look at the unmanipulated print,
> compared with any manipulated image, I almost always come to the
> conclusion that the unmanipulated print is best.  This has indeed led to
> some strange images, which, to interpret them as I do, requires you to
> study them until you are truly in the mood of the picture.  I look at some
> of them at other times and wonder why I made a print like that.  On the
> other hand, I have only a handful that I like; only one that I feel
> captures any essence of the spirit of the particular school of Realism in
> which I spent my formative years.

That's all well and good, if you're into Realism. But isn't it time for
photography (especially color) to explore other things, like impressionism?

I thought the whole idea was to achieve personal satisfaction, not
necessarily just Realism.

Unto each, his own.