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[alex]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, jo walsh wrote:
> the validity there is in the thought that goes into it: while arp's
> photographs and alex's pencam images are both personal, l find the
> former much more pleasant to look at, because of the
> presentation/navigation/selection care that has gone into them (sorry
> alex, i know you're working on them, just a recent example of content
> thrown up in batch without thought)

heh.  arp spend a lot of time selecting and presenting his photos, and it
really shows.  in a discussion at the photographer's gallery, one guy was
talking about how the internet would destroy shows of photographs, because
of digitalisation and the internet, blasting images at us.  arp proves
that he's talking bollocks, i think.  pencam.org is an example of good
presentation of digital photos (although i think the photos themselves are
cramped and rather self-indulgent).

haven't really explored it fully, but this looks like it could be worth
using, a kind of photographic blog.  a plog!

http://lurk.org/areaj/

the 'sample images' aren't mine.  the others are my journey into work.

> i do worry that the utility of broad public indexes is diminishing.
> balkanisation again, and its desirableness or not.
> the world around you is full of shallow gloss - look at it!
> i don't know what we can do about that, retreat, engage, adjust our
> filters.

i think it'll be ok.  we can always create a new internet. :)


alex