tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post3838957440450782134..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: The photography of Gregory CrewdsonJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-11791802602454277852017-07-20T16:19:32.316+10:002017-07-20T16:19:32.316+10:00It was a good read, kvd, although you will underst...It was a good read, kvd, although you will understand why I found it depressing. I hadn't heard of Adam Ferguson, although I should have. His bio details just said that he had grown up in regional NSW, but given he went to Griffith Uni I wondered where. Digging around, I find that he grew up in Coffs Harbour where his father was GM of the Council. He also did at least some photographic work for the Coffs Harbour Advocate.<br /><br />I will bring the link up as a new post. My thanks. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-34730281449856384762017-07-20T06:32:15.158+10:002017-07-20T06:32:15.158+10:00This link was sent to me recently by an American f...This link was sent to me recently by an American friend:<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/13/world/australia/australian-outback.html?src=me&ref=general<br /><br />The photographer is Australian, and I think he did a good job, so recommend the read.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-60377562547248592202017-07-11T18:00:28.260+10:002017-07-11T18:00:28.260+10:00As I said in an earlier post, I had some earlier d...As I said in an earlier post, I had some earlier difficulty with the idea of photographs as art. Part of the reason for that was an underlying feeling about photography as the "real". That, sadly, has gone in a photoshopped world. I don't have a problem with staged or composed photos including fashion shots so long as i know. <br /><br />The compositions are lovely, although like you I struggle with the idea of a winter shot with the door partly open. Too damn unrealistic! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-11569928079622510912017-07-11T16:39:01.506+10:002017-07-11T16:39:01.506+10:00Sorry, I don't see the point of 'staged ph...Sorry, I don't see the point of 'staged photography'. The pics are great - but so what? I thought the great leap forward with cameras was the ability to capture the moment - shoddy, anarchic, "real"...<br /><br />But I agree, the compositions are lovely - except for mother and daughter, with the door open to heavy snow - who does that?<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com