Comments on: Pretty Pictures And Elephants http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/2011/12/pretty-pictures-and-elephants/ On Photography by Roger Coulam Sun, 03 Jan 2016 11:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Roger Coulam http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/2011/12/pretty-pictures-and-elephants/#comment-1409 Roger Coulam Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:15:46 +0000 http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/?p=1127#comment-1409 Hi John - thanks for taking the time to respond to my words. It's good to hear from you again, I found your blog piece thought provoking. I hope the Welsh weather throws you some wild-beauty this summer. Best Wishes Roger Hi John – thanks for taking the time to respond to my words. It’s good to hear from you again, I found your blog piece thought provoking. I hope the Welsh weather throws you some wild-beauty this summer.
Best Wishes Roger

]]> By: John Mason http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/2011/12/pretty-pictures-and-elephants/#comment-1408 John Mason Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:07:46 +0000 http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/?p=1127#comment-1408 Roger, Your post inspired me to consider art in the context of weather-photography. I came to the conclusion that being there is what matters most: http://www.geologywales.co.uk/storms/is-it-art-question.htm Keep shooting and enjoying those storms! All the best - John Roger,

Your post inspired me to consider art in the context of weather-photography. I came to the conclusion that being there is what matters most: http://www.geologywales.co.uk/storms/is-it-art-question.htm

Keep shooting and enjoying those storms!

All the best – John

]]> By: Soundlandscapes http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/2011/12/pretty-pictures-and-elephants/#comment-1076 Soundlandscapes Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:29:36 +0000 http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/?p=1127#comment-1076 This post is food for thought for all of us who try to capture the atmosphere around us. I love your black and white work but I find these colour pictures to be very sensitive and well thought out. Very interesting to hear about the so-called expert who said that your work was not "critically engaged". Er ... what does "critically engaged" mean exactly? Those who can .. do, those who can't, criticise those who do! Ignore the critics and continue to do what you do best. This post is food for thought for all of us who try to capture the atmosphere around us.
I love your black and white work but I find these colour pictures to be very sensitive and well thought out. Very interesting to hear about the so-called expert who said that your work was not “critically engaged”. Er … what does “critically engaged” mean exactly? Those who can .. do, those who can’t, criticise those who do! Ignore the critics and continue to do what you do best.

]]> By: Colin Dixon http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/2011/12/pretty-pictures-and-elephants/#comment-1067 Colin Dixon Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:07:22 +0000 http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/?p=1127#comment-1067 Happy New Year Roger, I enjoyed your latest post a lot and can identify with the "elephant in the corner" problem. On a personal level I invariably find colour photographs less satisfying and therefore less enjoyable than black and white. Minor White, in a typically cryptic zen way, said something like- "It is not enough to photograph what is there, one must also photograph what else is there." I think he made a very serious point though. Colour describes the external world too closely I think, and the slight move towards a more abstract representation allowed by monochrome images makes alternative readings, layered meanings, and more nuanced responses to that image more likely in the audience. Colin Happy New Year Roger,

I enjoyed your latest post a lot and can identify with the “elephant in the corner” problem. On a personal level I invariably find colour photographs less satisfying and therefore less enjoyable than black and white. Minor White, in a typically cryptic zen way, said something like- “It is not enough to photograph what is there, one must also photograph what else is there.” I think he made a very serious point though. Colour describes the external world too closely I think, and the slight move towards a more abstract representation allowed by monochrome images makes alternative readings, layered meanings, and more nuanced responses to that image more likely in the audience.

Colin

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