Today, Richard lead the discussion. He first showed several pictures he converted to "watercolor." Unfortunately I have no images to post for this part of his presentation. These pictures prompted comments as to whether this (or any conversion) keeps the image as "photography" or moves it to something else...maybe more artful. In the end it was felt that are no strict conventions these days and it's all in the eyes of the viewer. It was thought that the artist (photographer's ) intent was important in determining the definition of what it is. Richard then spent a good share of the meeting showing his travelogue "snapshots done over the past few years. Besides the images themselves, part of the visual fun was to guess where the picture was taken. Needless to say, we were wrong a good share of the time. Below are a very few images from his presentation. Finally, Kevin showed a DVD of H.H. Bennett and his studio in Wisconsin...the oldest photography studio in the US. Bennett was famous for his visual promotion of the region called the "Dells" in Wisconsin.
He also was an innovator in photography creating a new way to develop stereoscopic pictures allowing wider distribution of these novel 3D images. Bennett was an innovator in "stop action" photography using a device he called a "rapid shutter snapper" camera.
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