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rg616 on "“South African Photographs”, David Goldblatt"

rg616 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:53:15 +0000

Agreed; you could only understand these images if you understand the culture, context and time they were taken in. I think images in magazines like national geographic completely hide the truth of the africa and disguise it in this rural anchient bushman culture, simply to feed the ego s of the western middle class so that they believe they are still be the most superior. Goldblatt is not cruel, he is truthfull.

ege on "Guernica"

ege — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:35:29 +0000

nice info needs the date of when guernica was made but other than that really cool :)

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Not logged in — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:14:25 +0000

Good info.

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Not logged in — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:03:25 +0000

By the way, the incident pictured occurred in the 13th century. The painting was created in the 15th century.

zenout on "“South African Photographs”, David Goldblatt"

zenout — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:48:37 +0000

Golblatt is cruel?...may be Life is cruel, for these are Photographs of reality. One you don't like, apparently! Truth is mostly uncomfortable, but we have to face it . you should look at pictures from Hiroshima!... most cruel. Yet the decision of one country. and most uncomfortable to watch. It was probably worst to endure!

daniel.jeffreys on ""Monk by the sea", Caspar David Friedrich"

daniel.jeffreys — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:48:20 +0000

This painting breaks down the sea and sky into two horizontal blocks, it really paves the way for abstraction and Mark Rothko's saturated rectangles. The figure is almost redundant- the state of transcendence is the artist's aim to be absorbed by the two great forces of sea and sky.

alfredo.bremont on "The Burning of the Books"

alfredo.bremont — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:20:04 +0000

well how about Fahrenheit 411 in the 15 century. no wonder men is such a mess it keeps doing the same thing over and over again. what is this error persistence that does not allow this human to evolve. what a sad predicament to such beautiful organism. it has everything to become sublime, but on the other hand it does everything on his power to attain the opposite. men the wonder of the universe

tr8130285 on "“South African Photographs”, David Goldblatt"

tr8130285 — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:21:26 +0000

but nothing more than just that

tr8130285 on "“South African Photographs”, David Goldblatt"

tr8130285 — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:18:28 +0000

I think Goldbatt is a good photographer, but an extremely cruel and heartless person..... suppose thats what makes a good photographer.