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Artist and dog arrive by Melbourne Express (taken for J.C. Williamson), 10/12/1937 / byTed hood




Image by State Library of New South Wales collection

"Artist", as in a dog trainer and performer who has a dog act in vaudeville or circus

Format: Film photonegative

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From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au



I am a sensitive artist




Image by kevindooley

Can you feel the zen of the fork? Is the fork your friend or foe? Are the most important parts of the fork its empty spaces? Why can't you understand my symbolism!

Sensitive Artist
by John S Hall
King Missile (dog fly religion) _Fluting On The Hump_ Shimmy Disc 1987

I am a sensitive artist...

I am a sensitive artist.
Nobody understands me because I am so deep.
In my work I make allusions to books that nobody else has read,
Music that nobody else has heard,
And art that nobody else has seen.
I can't help it
Because I am so much more intelligent
And well-rounded
Than everyone who surrounds me.

I stopped watching tv when I was six months old
Because it was so boring and stupid
And started reading books
And going to recitals
And art galleries.
I don't go to recitals anymore
Because my hearing is too sensitive
And I don't go to art galleries anymore
Because there are people there
And I can't deal with people
Because they don't understand me.

I stay home
Reading books that are beneath me,
And working on my work,
Which no one understands

I am sensitive...
I am a sensitive artist

ARTIST WITH A BRUSH PHOTOGRAPHED BY AN ARTIST WITH A CAMERA -- A Rare Image from Old Japan




Image by Okinawa Soba

This ca.1915-1928 image by T. ENAMI is only one of a handful of fine views I've seen from the Bakumatsu, Meiji, and Taisho eras showing a seated artist at work in old Japan (Link to another one given at bottom of this caption). Not only do we have a large "canvas" being brought to completion, there is also a blank wall-scroll waiting for an inspired picture (or work of calligraphy), and a finished scroll as well.

The large array of brushes and pigment bowls is also clearly shown. This is a far cry from what a similar Western scene would show --- the artist seated in a chair or standing before a canvas, with his colors spread out for mixing on a hand-held pallet. A similar scene of shallow pigment bowls being used by "colorists" who are busy tinting old Meiji-era photographs can be seen here : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2494892753/

The word "Artist" was a pretty clear term until Photographers came along. Suddenly, an "Artist with a brush" (so to speak) had to contend with "Cameramen" and "Photographers" also calling themselves "Artists". And some of these folks with brush and paint took exception to that. They complained that Photographers with their funny little boxes and (horror of horrors) unnatural black and white "miniatures" --- many of them crooked or blurred --- had no right to fraudulently deceive people by calling their images works of "Art".

Photographer Herbert G. Ponting, who toured Japan for most of five years from 1901 to 1906, took exception with the complaints of the old Painters. He was one of those who did not like to be called a Photographer. He preferred the term "Artist" -- especially as it applied to himself. : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2360328226/

In the end, the dust surrounding the semantics and pride associated with the word "Artist" settled out with an acceptable compromise. Today, we can find many old imprints and engraved card backs with "ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER" accompanying the name of whoever the illustrious (or long forgotten) cameraman might be.

These days, no one would argue that the camera has produced some of the most soul-stirring images the world has ever seen --- both, still, motion, stereoscopic, and holographic (and even creative combinations of all these!). Much of it can be found right here on flickr. And no one disputes the fact that there are also a lot of uninspired Painters out there who could not paint their way out of a bathtub.

As for the above anonymous "brush image" of a waterfall in the snow (painted a second time by sunbeams onto the small piece of glass inside of Enami's camera), I am as happy with it as I am with photograph itself.

For a related "artist" image see : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2544461382/


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For more on the photographer T. ENAMI see : www.t-enami.org/

For the MOTHER LODE of T. Enami photographs here on the Web --- all CC rated for your creative use --- see this Flickr collection : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/collections/7215761388...


RANDOM SOBA : www.flickriver.com/photos/24443965@N08/random/