Comments on: David Laspina http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/ of photography and photographers Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Noel Rodo-Vankeulen http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Noel Rodo-Vankeulen Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:10:35 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/#comment-572 I think it’s hard to declare that Laspina has “good” or “bad” photographs, specifically when he is clearly playing with the idea of important and trivial imagery. Look at some of his landscapes, portraits and still-lifes, many of them are perfectly executed, while others contain elements that are considered mistakes in a traditional ideal of the photographic. These mistakes are so obvious and even stylistic that one cannot declare, or even suppose to declare them as faults. A mixed bag? Yes. A mixed bag of good and bad photography? No. I also assume that much of what we consider good photography rests upon this love of photography’s masters, Shore, Sternfeld, Frank, Winogrand, Goldin, etc. There is something particularly wrong with this. You wouldn’t judge contemporary painters against say, Picasso, Monet, or Rembrandt. Photography is one of these mediums where it feels like it takes ten steps back to take one step forward. I think it’s hard to declare that Laspina has “good” or “bad” photographs, specifically when he is clearly playing with the idea of important and trivial imagery. Look at some of his landscapes, portraits and still-lifes, many of them are perfectly executed, while others contain elements that are considered mistakes in a traditional ideal of the photographic. These mistakes are so obvious and even stylistic that one cannot declare, or even suppose to declare them as faults. A mixed bag? Yes. A mixed bag of good and bad photography? No.

I also assume that much of what we consider good photography rests upon this love of photography’s masters, Shore, Sternfeld, Frank, Winogrand, Goldin, etc. There is something particularly wrong with this. You wouldn’t judge contemporary painters against say, Picasso, Monet, or Rembrandt. Photography is one of these mediums where it feels like it takes ten steps back to take one step forward.

]]> By: Miguel http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Miguel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:38:33 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/#comment-564 I like quite a bit these images as well ... that's why I chose them as examples ... thanks for commenting! Miguel I like quite a bit these images as well … that’s why I chose them as examples … thanks for commenting!

Miguel

]]> By: Ben Hider http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Ben Hider Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:59:54 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/#comment-558 I like the ones posted on this blog though! I like the ones posted on this blog though!

]]> By: dR http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/comment-page-1/#comment-555 dR Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:49:32 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/2008/03/02/david-laspina/#comment-555 Truely a mixed bag. A mixture of quite a few very strong images with some very weak images. Truely a mixed bag. A mixture of quite a few very strong images with some very weak images.

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