Sunday, June 04, 2006


People on at least a couple of photo blogs are worrying over the notion of "beauty". I think this is one of the reasons I write so little on photography - most of it's pointless. The best definition of "beauty" (and how can anyone hope to get a debate going over something without defining it first) is also the most banal - it's in the eye of the beholder, folks. And you can rant and rave all you want to, but, if someone thinks their black velvet, day-glo painting of Elvis is beautiful, there's nothing you can say to prove they're wrong. You know they're wrong, and I know they're wrong, but they know they're right.

So, take your pictures, toss the ones you hate, keep the ones you like. If other people like them, great. If they don't, tough. What counts is your opinion. Unless, of course, you're trying to sell them. It's all PR after that.

And, in case you're wondering, I really like most of my photographs.

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