Re: The meaning of life and 3D photography

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wrote:

>>the worse kinds is the boring one.  The one that makes you wonder: 
>>"Why did this person take this picture and why is he showing it to us?"

and Mike K. asks:

>This brings (segway's) up a bigger question:
>
>	Is the only purpose of 3D photography "art"? 
>	Is the only purpose of 3D photography in a competition or 
>        during a club's open projector activity "art"?

No one in this planet can possibly answer "yes" to any of these
questions!  Photography has many valid purposes not just one...

You are hinting that the opposite of boring photography is "artistic" 
photography with nothing in between.  That's not how I see things...

I throw many pictures away because they have no reason to exist.  
They say nothing, they mean nothing, they are not good, they are not 
worth keeping.  We all take pictures like these but some people not
only keep them but insist in showing them around (hence my question.)

I do plenty of record photography and, as a matter of fact, I have 
stated that my favorite pictures are pictures of my kids and family,
vacation and other record shots.  I do not consider these pictures
"art" and I do not normally send them in competitions or slide 
circuits for public viewing.  I do keep many of those but not all
of them.

Dr. T says:

Between "good work worth exhibiting" and "boring work not worth 
keeping" there is a large volume of photography worth pursuing.

And you can quote me on that! -- George Themelis


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