Comments on: Defining the Line for Portrait Photographers: What’s Art and What’s Not? http://www.imaginginfo.com/interactive/2008/05/02/defining-the-line-for-portrait-photographers-whats-art-and-whats-not/ Blog for eye-opening perspectives on photography Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bill Burkholder http://www.imaginginfo.com/interactive/2008/05/02/defining-the-line-for-portrait-photographers-whats-art-and-whats-not/#comment-3811 Bill Burkholder Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:48:58 +0000 http://www.imaginginfo.com/interactive/2008/05/02/defining-the-line-for-portrait-photographers-whats-art-and-whats-not/#comment-3811 Art? Perversion? Huh? One person's art is another's perversion. Miley is underage. That she poses for Annie Leibovitz, one of my heroes, is beside the point. The event of an underage celebrity of her status posing in any state of undress is just inevitable fodder for sensationalists, regardless of how tastefully posed she is. So long as headline writers can turn the mundane and the blasé into an attention grabber, or make Disney lawyers nervous, this sort of thing will make money in the most tasteless manner. Since everyone has to eat... It's inevitable. Don't waste our time... Art? Perversion? Huh?

One person’s art is another’s perversion. Miley is underage. That she poses for Annie Leibovitz, one of my heroes, is beside the point. The event of an underage celebrity of her status posing in any state of undress is just inevitable fodder for sensationalists, regardless of how tastefully posed she is.

So long as headline writers can turn the mundane and the blasé into an attention grabber, or make Disney lawyers nervous, this sort of thing will make money in the most tasteless manner. Since everyone has to eat… It’s inevitable.

Don’t waste our time…

]]> By: Michael Timmons http://www.imaginginfo.com/interactive/2008/05/02/defining-the-line-for-portrait-photographers-whats-art-and-whats-not/#comment-2949 Michael Timmons Wed, 14 May 2008 16:08:38 +0000 http://www.imaginginfo.com/interactive/2008/05/02/defining-the-line-for-portrait-photographers-whats-art-and-whats-not/#comment-2949 The concept of "art' is completely subjective. Annie Leibovitz has always inspired me. Personally, I found nothing wrong with the image. Today, the media loves to create forced controversy. Take a stroll through any museum displaying classic portraiture photography through out the years, and you'll most likely see images similar in nature. The concept of “art’ is completely subjective. Annie Leibovitz has always inspired me. Personally, I found nothing wrong with the image. Today, the media loves to create forced controversy. Take a stroll through any museum displaying classic portraiture photography through out the years, and you’ll most likely see images similar in nature.

]]> By: Mark http://www.imaginginfo.com/interactive/2008/05/02/defining-the-line-for-portrait-photographers-whats-art-and-whats-not/#comment-2819 Mark Wed, 07 May 2008 21:39:57 +0000 http://www.imaginginfo.com/interactive/2008/05/02/defining-the-line-for-portrait-photographers-whats-art-and-whats-not/#comment-2819 You should be on "Dancing with the Stars" The tile of the article had nothing to do with the content, even worse, any reference to art was cowardly avoided. The article should have been called, "Let's Rehash Another Overblown Story" You should be on “Dancing with the Stars” The tile of the article had nothing to do with the content, even worse, any reference to art was cowardly avoided. The article should have been called, “Let’s Rehash Another Overblown Story”

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