This discussion reminds me of "Waiting for Hockney." I caught it on Netflix a while back.
http://www.waitingforhockney.com/ takes you to the site for info. Dougbrewer.posterous.com On Aug 23, 2012, at 6:56 PM, "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote: > it keeps the sun off my baldy bits, and when Pentax bring out a proper > camera I won't have to eat it. > > Read some of the reactions to that picture and you'd think the person who > did it was the risen Leonardo, but being able to copy someone else's picture > is not much of an achievement in my opinion. It's a good copy, and very > clever, but it's still only a copy and it has nothing to say for itself. > > This, on the other hand, is The Real Thing: > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921> > > B > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Bob Sullivan >> >> Got the old curmudgeon hat on again have we Bob? >> >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Collin Brendemuehl >>>> >>>> ... who needs a camera! >>>> >>> >>> somebody does, since they're drawings of photographs. >>> >>>> http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/stunning-drawing-russian-girl- >> no >>>> t- >>>> photograph-170243830.html >>>> >>> >>> Studio practice has for centuries included students and apprentices >>> making faithful copies of master drawings and other works - this is >> no >>> different other than the thing they're copying. Any >>> academically-trained artist could do it. Being a good copyist is a >> long way from being a good artist. >>> >>> B > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
