Re: [APML]: Astrophotography or Astro-Art?

["Robin Casady" <rcasady@carmelcoast.com>]

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>You did bring up an interesting point. Henri Cartier-Bresson stated a
>long time ago that manufactured or staged photography was of no interest
>to him. He considered his camera a drawing tablet and wanted to give
>definition to the world. He is now in hundreds of art galleries. He is
>also a painter. So, what makes him an artist? Would he not be more a
>documentarian?

He had a very good eye for selecting moments in time where things lined up
in dynamic ways. His compositions, juxtapositions, sense of form, and
content make his images powerful. He was able to make the kind of aesthetic
decisions I've been trying to talk about, when shooting the world around
him. He was certainly as much an artist as Ansel Adams.

Robin Casady
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Casady & Greene, Inc.
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