On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:03:32 -0800, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>I would very mildly disagree in that the landscape is the last layer
>for everything. For it to be a landscape it has to be the subject,
>not the background. Anything in the landscape becomes a picture of
>the thing.
I disagree. A landscape is made up of details. Often a barn, sign,
tree, or some other object serves to define a given view of the
landscape. It provides the context that makes a particular landcape
meaningfull or interesting.
> And who says that a landscape
>has to be "nice and scenic"? Isn't that like not taking pictures of
>people because they do not look like professional models who seem to
>represent the usual notions of physical beauty?
On that, we agree 110%. Everyone's grandmother is beautiful, even if
she doesn't look like Halle Berry.
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B.B. Bean bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bean & Bean Cotton Co
http://www.beancotton.com
Peach Orchard, MO
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