[Technique] [TNQ-staph] Stephen Shore at the Critique

[Eric Schmiedl]

I'm of two minds on the handlebars / railings. Yes, they're obviously off. 
On the other, they're how we "know" the image wasn't planned and 
composed... helping the spontaneous / real element.

For comparison, look at the pictures here:
http://porncommentsoninstagrampics.tumblr.com/

(Pictures are SFW, but lots of NSFW text)

Many of them are "obviously better," yet they aren't Steven Shore. So what 
gives?

Sometimes "art" seems to be all about "how much information can I pack 
into the metadata and meta-metadata of this image... while making it look 
plain to people who don't look for the meta-, meta-meta-, or even 
meta-meta-metadata."




On Sat, 12 Oct 2013, Ta-Chung Ong wrote:

> A work by the photographer Stephen Shore was presented at the critique today as a blind item. The work was "Ginger Shore, Causeway Inn, Tampa, Fla., Nov. 17, 1977". The staph embraced the
> photo enthusiastically, especially liking the ripples in the swimming pool and in general Shore's beautiful use of colors composing the image. The only criticism was that the handle bars
> should not have intersected with the woman in the image.
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> To learn more about that particular image and Stephen Shore in general:
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> http://aphelis.net/ginger-shore-causeway-inn-tampa-fla-nov-17-1977-stephen-shore/
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/arts/design/18shor.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
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