Comments on: The line that connects art with life http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/11/the-line-that-connects-art-with-life/ Art Is Where You Find It Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:38:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: lu8943 http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/11/the-line-that-connects-art-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-242 lu8943 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:50:50 +0000 http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/?p=381#comment-242 I agree with you, especially you said we have to be aware of photo's limitations. But I personally don't count a picture of a celebrity picking nose as part of photography. Truth, it not only means the truthfulness of the picture, but also those social issues hidden from the public, that is a quality a good photo should have, is also why we call photography is a form of art, I guess. I agree with you, especially you said we have to be aware of photo’s limitations. But I personally don’t count a picture of a celebrity picking nose as part of photography. Truth, it not only means the truthfulness of the picture, but also those social issues hidden from the public, that is a quality a good photo should have, is also why we call photography is a form of art, I guess.

]]> By: Steven Chang http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/11/the-line-that-connects-art-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Steven Chang Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:48:18 +0000 http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/?p=381#comment-219 It was very interesting when you said: "Photography, draws a line between art and life, and that line is truth." It seems that you are saying that photography is the more truthful art form. I just would like to add that not all photographs are truthful (I'm sure that's not what you're saying but I just want to raise a point). We know that photos can be photoshopped and altered in ways that would make the photo unrealistic. Even if a photo that isn't digitally altered can be untruthful. The photographer consciously makes a decision to take a photograph and his/her biases come along with the picture. Take for example, a photograph taken of a celebrity picking their nose- one might conclude that the person's really nasty and dirty when in fact they're not. I'm just saying that one photograph may not be representative of the whole situation and we have to keep that in mind whenever we look at a picture, aware of its limitations. It was very interesting when you said: “Photography, draws a line between art and life, and that line is truth.” It seems that you are saying that photography is the more truthful art form.

I just would like to add that not all photographs are truthful (I’m sure that’s not what you’re saying but I just want to raise a point). We know that photos can be photoshopped and altered in ways that would make the photo unrealistic.

Even if a photo that isn’t digitally altered can be untruthful. The photographer consciously makes a decision to take a photograph and his/her biases come along with the picture. Take for example, a photograph taken of a celebrity picking their nose- one might conclude that the person’s really nasty and dirty when in fact they’re not. I’m just saying that one photograph may not be representative of the whole situation and we have to keep that in mind whenever we look at a picture, aware of its limitations.

]]> By: lu8943 http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/11/the-line-that-connects-art-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-208 lu8943 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:51:12 +0000 http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/?p=381#comment-208 First of all, by using truth here, I mean a good picture should have some social meanings, a good picture should show truth about life. But some paintings are just fantasies, if you ask me what is the truth behind those fantasy kind of "art", it's just a piece of crap, in fact, it's not a truth, it's a lie. To further explain this, that also goes back to the question how do you define a good picture. If a picture reflects nothing but the painter's fantasies, I don't think it's a good picture. If a picture is solely an example of mastering the painting techniques, of the best imaginations of colors and shapes, of everything but no social meanings, I don't think it's a good picture. I will phrase my answer using a quote from Thoreau:"Art is as long as ever, but life is more interrupted and less available for a man's proper pursuits." First of all, by using truth here, I mean a good picture should have some social meanings, a good picture should show truth about life. But some paintings are just fantasies, if you ask me what is the truth behind those fantasy kind of “art”, it’s just a piece of crap, in fact, it’s not a truth, it’s a lie. To further explain this, that also goes back to the question how do you define a good picture. If a picture reflects nothing but the painter’s fantasies, I don’t think it’s a good picture. If a picture is solely an example of mastering the painting techniques, of the best imaginations of colors and shapes, of everything but no social meanings, I don’t think it’s a good picture. I will phrase my answer using a quote from Thoreau:”Art is as long as ever, but life is more interrupted and less available for a man’s proper pursuits.”

]]> By: Zoe Sheehan Saldana http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/11/the-line-that-connects-art-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Zoe Sheehan Saldana Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:13:48 +0000 http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/?p=381#comment-201 hmmm... "a good picture reveals truth"... this from the person who stated that 'truth is crap'? how do you reconcile these two positions? does a good picture reveal crap? hmmm… “a good picture reveals truth”… this from the person who stated that ‘truth is crap’? how do you reconcile these two positions? does a good picture reveal crap?

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