tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521007686584692791.post7696152508440559672..comments2023-06-24T09:08:34.587+01:00Comments on carole evans photography: The future is out of focuscarole evans photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118491076879143317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521007686584692791.post-88856894875676891042012-05-18T08:33:38.805+01:002012-05-18T08:33:38.805+01:00I did enjoy the Photofusion exhibition - will have...I did enjoy the Photofusion exhibition - will have to make it along to Out of Focus soon to compare and contrast. Thank you for an interesting blog that has got me thinking about this again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204385349190602874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521007686584692791.post-83274315590176693082012-05-15T23:12:07.569+01:002012-05-15T23:12:07.569+01:00Hi Eileen,
Thanks for commenting. I think you'...Hi Eileen,<br />Thanks for commenting. I think you're right - the move back to analogue is a response against the ubiquity of digital images, and i'm certain that collectors value analogue far more because of their uniqueness, which is akin to value in the art world. I suppose i feel there is a more original approach in works by Julie Cockburn and Carolle Benitah, and that the way the artists in the Saatchi show are doing it feels very dated.carole evans photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118491076879143317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521007686584692791.post-29264356927135996522012-05-15T19:46:27.171+01:002012-05-15T19:46:27.171+01:00I wonder sometimes if we are seeing something like...I wonder sometimes if we are seeing something like the famous salon debates of the 19th century, when there was an officially approved form of art and the greatest artists, the really ground-breaking ones, were either at the edges or excluded altogether? In short, I wonder how much gallery/art market work will still be valued in 50 or 100 years' time?<br /><br />I think that at part of the motive for the move back to analogue is to distinguish oneself from the hoi polloi with their digital cameras. That may be an overly cynical comment - I am sure that most artists make work because it means something to them - but I know that people also want to make works that can be displayed large on gallery walls, and curators and investors want to feel that the work they champion contains craft and quality and exclusivity as well as art. I think that reportage or documentary photography is difficult for those who are not interested in photography per se to appreciate. I find it all very interesting as a study in behaviour and rather suspect that it will get a bit worse before it gets better, and time allows us to separate the wheat from the chaff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204385349190602874noreply@blogger.com