http://www.rossevertson.com/blog/2007/04/05/statement-shelby-lee-adams/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:33:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.rossevertson.com/blog/2007/04/05/statement-shelby-lee-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-3621 Bahs Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:36:57 +0000 http://www.rossevertson.com/blog/2007/04/05/statement-shelby-lee-adams/#comment-3621 While a lot of the sentiment sounds to be worthy and I do not doubt Adams' sincerity, the general mellow dramatic tone is beyond the necessary requirements for a statement. It reads like an elaborated Hallmark card for photographers who are coping with homesickness and a serious dose of rose-tinted retrospect. I would have thought a few lines highlighting the artist's connection to the place and people enough, and would leave the therapy session-inspired sentimentality to the pages of a nice Maeve Binchy novel. An old tutor of mine would tell me "leave the emotional crap for the viewer..." While a lot of the sentiment sounds to be worthy and I do not doubt Adams’ sincerity, the general mellow dramatic tone is beyond the necessary requirements for a statement. It reads like an elaborated Hallmark card for photographers who are coping with homesickness and a serious dose of rose-tinted retrospect. I would have thought a few lines highlighting the artist’s connection to the place and people enough, and would leave the therapy session-inspired sentimentality to the pages of a nice Maeve Binchy novel. An old tutor of mine would tell me “leave the emotional crap for the viewer…”

]]> http://www.rossevertson.com/blog/2007/04/05/statement-shelby-lee-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-30 ian Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:47:19 +0000 http://www.rossevertson.com/blog/2007/04/05/statement-shelby-lee-adams/#comment-30 the true meaning of pictures. the true meaning of pictures.

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