tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post3817851098689350850..comments2024-03-27T19:12:49.609-07:00Comments on Midlife Cycling: Ou Sont Les Cyclistes Jeunes d'Antan?Justine Valinottihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-14111960278713314202016-10-29T17:01:01.260-07:002016-10-29T17:01:01.260-07:00Leo, you could have quoted all of Villon and I wou...Leo, you could have quoted all of Villon and I wouldn't have minded!<br /><br />What you say about photographs clarifies something for me. I know that some people do not think they are art--at least in the traditional (i.e., pre-photography) sense. But capturing a moment, I believe, is a creative act, so I think photography (authentic ones, as you say) belong next to other forms of art. As with any other art, there are things that can be done in it that can't be done in other forms, and vice-versa. <br /><br />(I think now of the poet-teacher who told that if whatever we want to say can be expressed in some other medium, such as a short story, that is how it should be expressed.)<br /><br />"The Snowdens of yesteryear": I love it!Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-50608151497926018312016-10-29T11:30:28.476-07:002016-10-29T11:30:28.476-07:00Tell me where, in what foreign place
Is Flora, who...Tell me where, in what foreign place<br />Is Flora, who wore Roman dress...<br /><br />Where is the love of Abelard,<br />The prudent Heliose...<br /><br />One of my favorite poems of all time. Thank you for calling it up.<br /><br />But, back on topic... (?)<br /><br />Old photos are more than intense or magic. The essence of photography is always that it captures a MOMENT. These people are standing there, in their place, in their time, as they were right then. Old photos can be reshot, reconstructed. People can be dressed "authentically" and in "authentic" surroundings. But the result is always false. They are dressed up, acting a part. A real 50 or 100 year old photo has a different quality about it. Everybody stands around, and even if they were posing, they were really doing it in 1954 or 1921. This quality cannot be duplicated. It has been said that people smiled slightly different 50 year ago or 100 years ago. Maybe.<br /><br />Authenticity, belonging to a time and place, is a seriously discussed question these days. My own impression of a modern night club: " A place where people drink, and pretend, trying to show off to others, how much they are enjoying themselves". <br /><br />And: "where are the Snowdens of yesteryear gone?"... Catch 22<br /><br />LeoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com