tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post3504081572305627943..comments2023-08-20T05:06:10.517-04:00Comments on The Year in Pictures: Why Didn't I?The Year in Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523797971986864363noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-36775440697746624302010-06-23T22:05:28.480-04:002010-06-23T22:05:28.480-04:00Thank heavens, literally, for Title 17 USC and its...Thank heavens, literally, for Title 17 USC and its provisions for placing some works, immediately, in the public domain. Gursky's not the first to reuse a photograph from the heavens, a photograph first created by an employee of the United States government. An ad agency beat him to it twenty-five years ago.<br /><br />In 1985 the US advertising agency for a Swedish camera manufacturer parodied editorial fashion photographs in a new magazine campaign. The photograph's background was the Indian Ocean and, in the middle-ground, a space-walking astronaut, Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless. It was the tenth space shuttle mission, and the spacecraft was called Challenger. Maybe some readers have heard of it.<br /><br />The advertising copy read<br />Photographer: Commander Robert L. Gibson<br />Location: The Ionosphere<br />Wardrobe & Props: NASA<br />Camera: HasselbladAndre Friedmannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-51972308099221051232010-05-26T11:14:41.285-04:002010-05-26T11:14:41.285-04:001. I agree with Rebecca -- I hesitate to judge any...1. I agree with Rebecca -- I hesitate to judge anything without seeing it in person.<br /><br />2. I wish I knew whether these same images presented exactly the same way would draw any attention if they were from an unknown photographer. I think that's a fair question to ask about art.Joe Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741278269759513642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-19008949441790043592010-05-25T15:59:46.550-04:002010-05-25T15:59:46.550-04:00It is not really the price tag that freaks me out,...It is not really the price tag that freaks me out, that is only Larry Gagossian doing some Gagossian business, but the fact that the art world is bored with terrestrial photography...when I read in The Guardian Sam Leith say about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite's photographs"I was transfixed. I don't think I've seen images more beautiful and affecting for a long time", I thought: this is it, we are in trouble, even digital is not good enough any longer, the world want satellite,God's eye view, they are all at it. see also:<br />http://www.aestheticsofastrophotography.co.uk/<br />Pimm's anyone?hipslikeboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172301825125544315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-9724007274162261912010-05-25T01:29:34.581-04:002010-05-25T01:29:34.581-04:00It's impossible to comment on the 'value&#...It's impossible to comment on the 'value' of the work without seeing it, especially work of this scale seen on my monitor. Epic detail could create a poetic of some kind (something that Ruff's appropriated images certainly denied the viewer). But what is new here, exactly? Appropriation is a century old. Gursky's images and prices are routinely of corporate dimensions. These ones have the potential to move me more than a picture of a row of Prada consumables, I guess. I'm not sure I can say more than that.Rebeccahttp://rebeccashanahan.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-9925758047575576302010-05-24T22:08:04.239-04:002010-05-24T22:08:04.239-04:00How is this different from Marcel Duchamp and his ...How is this different from Marcel Duchamp and his "readymades"? People hated the Fountain when it came out, too, but now it is seen as the totem of the Dada movement. I think James is exactly right about the genius of the artist in this case being the idea....<br /><br />jaydeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-44962213097438431392010-05-24T18:25:11.234-04:002010-05-24T18:25:11.234-04:00I'm speechless. OK, I guess not entirely beca...I'm speechless. OK, I guess not entirely because: "Wow" and "what?!?" comes to mind.meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391857826487843092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-67800044329744971692010-05-24T11:32:47.765-04:002010-05-24T11:32:47.765-04:00I guess I would feel more at ease with the price, ...I guess I would feel more at ease with the price, if some of the proceeds went back to NASARubyMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007223256996877209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-68367829455631588772010-05-23T20:29:33.075-04:002010-05-23T20:29:33.075-04:00While I leave the debate over the art to others, I...While I leave the debate over the art to others, I laughed at your comment "I didn't think of it (and neither did you!"<br /><br />Thanks for the great post!Letterpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13983311236791267553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-83809740018909639932010-05-23T09:20:43.553-04:002010-05-23T09:20:43.553-04:00This is the type of thing that gets stereotyped as...This is the type of thing that gets stereotyped as the ridiculousness of the art market. Am I wrong in thinking these are high priced well-toned, and cropped NASA posters? Pure concept does not speak to me in photography. The photographer must bring another element to the table to make the work really hers. Personally, I would be embarrassed to a) represent this work as my own b) price that high (understanding idea if that if market will bear . . . but see first sentence of this comment) and c) all that cerebellum and machine does not make an art object that might resonate with me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999278509590602976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-38022074812801612972010-05-22T12:46:13.181-04:002010-05-22T12:46:13.181-04:00this is so boring. another example of an okay phot...this is so boring. another example of an okay photograph blown up so it looks important, and sold for a ridiculous price. its not bad, its just boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-38942175523485108982010-05-22T11:10:30.528-04:002010-05-22T11:10:30.528-04:00Definitely out of whack. End of story.Definitely out of whack. End of story.Susan Whishawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485139269169793812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-52488527828653284412010-05-22T05:14:55.438-04:002010-05-22T05:14:55.438-04:00Correct me if I'm wrong but Gursky is not the ...Correct me if I'm wrong but Gursky is not the first to use satellite photos, right? <br />Don't get me wrong, I like the work, they have something very fascinating (though I wasn't able to see the real prints in person) and in some ways they seem to be more interesting than some of his later works. But the price is just insane. Still would like to have one in my apartment.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379514448463606033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-23321403998364639972010-05-21T23:43:48.110-04:002010-05-21T23:43:48.110-04:00Going insane, got no brain. Insane in the membrane...Going insane, got no brain. Insane in the membrane. <br /><br />Gursky's most recent works remind me of Damien Hirst selling his works on auction and getting the last laugh as bankers and hedge managers buy purchase while we're all left wondering what the hell is going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-61996870278760959582010-05-21T13:15:25.072-04:002010-05-21T13:15:25.072-04:00completely agree with "the Photodiarist."...completely agree with "the Photodiarist."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-33052593594991368802010-05-21T12:03:49.182-04:002010-05-21T12:03:49.182-04:00" One part of me feels this is out of whack,...." One part of me feels this is out of whack,..."<br /><br />Yes, indeed. It seems totally out of whack. The price is utterly ridiculous. And, if it was showing nearby, I'd be going to see it tonight (and I wouldn't care if it was gursky or not, just that quality level).Paul Kiersteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540360488418291923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-48418827385985448362010-05-21T11:47:40.687-04:002010-05-21T11:47:40.687-04:00It is out of whack. I concede the creativity it ta...It is out of whack. I concede the creativity it takes to even conceptualize this project - to see satellite imagery as a starting point for one's work . . . but then again, I am a bit put off by the idea that such an insane value is being ascribed to someone's skill at cropping and photoediting. Maybe I need to read more about this work before I say more. Maybe there's more that Gursky brings to this than I am giving him credit for.The Photodiaristhttp://photodiarist.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com