ITT: We post well-known photos and have /p/ explain to us why

>>3063425
Why does it matter when people are going to pull the "OMG BUT ITZ HISTORICAL VALUE!!!1" meme?

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>>3063433
I should clarify. I don't mean pics of JFK or the Hindenberg or Tank Man or whatever. I mean "art" photos by "artists" (pic related).

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>>3063425
>>3063434
These are both good pictures though.

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Eyes are closed (I think)

>>3063425
I don't really like the position of the tree. Assuming this was a staged shot, not candid, of course. I'm not sure the other positions would've worked because I wasn't there. It definitely tells a story and has character, though.

>>3063434
I'll sound like a massive weeb for saying this but the orange liquid and cross reminds me so much of NGE. Is that really pee though? Because dang...

>>3063443
It's an excellent candid shot, considering the medium that was used. I get that not everything is going to be an elaborate setup with hours of planning behind it, but it still has thought put into the frame.

>>3063433
True, lol

>>3063434
Even if this wasnt in piss its still a fantastic photo. Im not quite sure why you are scare quoting art and artist.

>>3063425

>photo of a kid
>something coming out of his head in the background, lel, newb mistake
>shit bokeh
>getting a kid to do something weird (lol make a funny face, hold a grenade) to generate art, as if kids were ever capable of the profundity and sorrow necessary to truly achieve meaning

shit photo.

>>3063434

>meaningless bullshit, full of sound and fury signifying nothing
>omg dude so edgy it's jesus but he's in pee lmao

piss off.

>>3063443

>omg dude let me kill a dude for you in front of the camera it'll be sweet
>except maybe that's a half-truth and the camera manipulates
>idk lol

>>3063501
>Clearly lacking knowledge of artists interpretation of Piss Christ

>>3063425
>le quirky family member holding a toy grenade and shot on LF film

Photo fucking sucks. Massively overrated and further proof women can't into art. I'll never understand how this asberger salad managed to get so famous.

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>>3063425
Expressive and funny. Most of Diane Arbus' other photos I really dislike, though - somehow both exploitative and dull. Probably my least favorite of the "great" classic photographers

Weegee's turn

>>3063524
MODS

>>3063524
>underage nipple

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>>3063425
Those crushed blacks.
What were they thinking?
>>3063443
Full of Azns, and we know that means no content.
>>3063524
>>3063575
>underage nipple
Damned pedarist.

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Why so famous

>>3063871
fits golden spiral, and the eye colour
but really just a pointless photo i guess

>>3063425
Composition 2/10
>>3063434
What is it worth if you don't know it's in piss? Shit photo.
>>3063443
Set up
>>3063524
Underage nip. Photographer is pedo cumfirmed
>>3063855
Millennial takes picture of car mirror in an attempt to be artsy tumblr xD
>>3063871
+1 for feminism = 0/10

>>3063873

No, fucktard. Lurk more and post less.

>>3063488
inaccurate white balance

>>3063855
wait, is this famous

looks like a snapshit

>>3063871
Because she's attractive by Western standards and has an aesthetic amount of dirt on her face.

>>3063871
the color clash of red and green. you'll see this used a lot in impressionist painting. the eyes clash against her brown skin and, let's admit, they are very unique. this can also fit into ethnography which people always find interesting.

>>3063985
>muh clarity

>>3063871
her eyes are way too wide, she looks shell-shocked
too "posed"

>>3064041
uhhh if she looks wide-eyed and shell-shocked it's because she's a 12 year old girl in a refugee camp.

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>>3063855
perhaps stronger in the context of a photo series? Alone it looks chaotic to the point of feeling messy.

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>>3064248

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>>3064248
It really loses any impact it could have had when you don't see the face. People love smiling children, and this just leaves me feeling cold and hopeless. Also what was the photog thinking with those crushed blacks!? Sad

>>3063985
This is one of my favourite photos of all time

It plucks the big string of my soul

>>3064271
Have you seen it in person yet?

>>3064268
>People love smiling children

is that your aesthetic principle?

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>>3064279
yes back in 07, Haus der Kunst in Munich

saw a few of his works but that one always stayed with me

>>3064284
I haven't seen that one, but I felt the same way about Bibliothek. Once I saw that, I understood how Rhein II could sell for so much

>>3064282
Of course! Why do you think picture frames always come with pictures of smiling children? The pinnacle of picture making

>>3063443
You cheeky bastard. You made me smile.

>>3064332
I haven't seen Rhein II in person yet, but I can confirm that seeing his stuff (and others from the Dusseldorf school) in person is really amazing.

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>>3064284
Gursky's works work because they are so fuckhuge.
There's just so much detail to get lost in.

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