• Andre123@snowfan.masto.host
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    8 days ago

    @mattblaze@federate.social they remember me, mutatis mutandis , Eugène Atget work, documenting the changes in the city of Paris in the late XIX century. He was also saying that he didn’t do it for art, but just documenting what was changing, like personal memories… art or not ? Fascinating nonetheless

    • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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      8 days ago

      @andre123 With both Atget and the Bechers, it’s interesting that the art is at least as much in the body of work as a whole as it is any of the individual pieces.

      • Andre123@snowfan.masto.host
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        8 days ago

        @mattblaze@federate.social absolutely, they began taking pictures maybe for personal pleasure, but they ended up creating an impressive work (of art) ! Do you think we could say the same for Vivian Mayer’s work?

          • Andre123@snowfan.masto.host
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            8 days ago

            @mattblaze@federate.social oh yes, love his work, he surely had sense of humour and artistic abilities (sorry for my English). While mayer’s work is a lot more intimate to my eyes, like discovering her soul, wondering in the streets, film roll after film roll.