micah_marty1 Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 Provocative review in (7/13/01 NYTimes) of Salgado's ICP show: <p> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/13/arts/design/13KIMM.html <p> Comments, thoughts? Fair of reviewer to wish subjects were identified? <p> <><> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflesher Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 I think the NYTimes is a little too artsy-phartsy most of the time, reading more into art than is there. Salgado's images are terrific to be sure, and he captures the human condition brilliantly. (And with an M to boot!) However, the esoteric musings of the NYTimes writer were a little much for me. Why not just say "The images moved me because..."? Instead he complains "-- They are too beautiful," and then goes on to say "The show, like the book, includes too many photographs that aren't up to his best." I don't know, maybe it's just me being tired af critics always trying to sound sophisticated and perhaps reading more into an artist's work than was originally placed there by the artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtodrick Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 The updated saying comes to mind: "Those who can't do, teach - and those that can't teach, become critics". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 I had the oportunity to visit Salgados excibition "Workers" in Mexico City few years ago, I was impresed by the quality of the expositoin, his view as a photographer has a lot do with his experiences as a economist; but what critics may disagree with his view as a documentalist-photographer is how he never losses his way of seeing, so he is not merely a documentalist but an artist, and represent things as those impress him, and reality can be diferent that´s for sure. So what´s documentalism?, and how ourown view as photographers can be part of it?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iván Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 Salgado's images will outlive him. I don't think NYT's comment will outlive the paper it is written on for too long. Sometimes critics are at the artist's height and their comments help us get an additional insight on the works they comment. IMHO this is not the case. <p> -Iván Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolo Posted July 14, 2001 Share Posted July 14, 2001 Silly me, I actually thought that Michael Kimmelman's review was on target. I think that there is a lot of "Salgado imitating Salgado" photography in "Migrations" and most of the work in "The Children" reflects its throwaway nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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