tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post4526919038740500454..comments2024-03-18T13:18:15.743-07:00Comments on Joyce Wycoff: Inching into wonderland: EquanimityJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-80125446007386563652009-11-15T18:23:33.687-08:002009-11-15T18:23:33.687-08:00Joyce, might it help if you think of, for example,...Joyce, might it help if you think of, for example, the photographs of Burtynski (he's now showing at the Corcoran)? Normally, the subject matter of his photographs -- oil is one -- would not be particularly compelling to me; yet his images are, because they are so extraordinary. I also think of the photographs of Arbus. Her subjects often were not within a definition of beauty, yet in the Maureenhttp://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-29980037813359889462009-11-14T20:33:41.962-08:002009-11-14T20:33:41.962-08:00Wish you were here, too! The images today were as...Wish you were here, too! The images today were as a whole totally beautiful. Some people even took beautiful ones of the tennis balls. I just can't quite get my head around the judgment ... sidewalks were easier because they are sort of neutral ... not expected to be beautiful so when I found beauty there, it was cool. Tennis balls and trash though have me stumped. The top image was well Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-86631482737759493392009-11-14T20:21:51.380-08:002009-11-14T20:21:51.380-08:00Part of me wishes I were there with you; I agree t...Part of me wishes I were there with you; I agree there's some sort of odd disconnect around the judging. But I also agree with them that there is beauty in ugly and ordinary... maybe it's just harder to find? How did YOU feel about the images the others were cooing over? I think that's really the critical piece...<br /><br />But I really love the image at the top of this post. JustDiane Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379544317007203762noreply@blogger.com