http://www.photografica.com.au/iblog/photography/is-photo-critique-dead/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Photography, the universe and all in between... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:31:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.photografica.com.au/iblog/photography/is-photo-critique-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Geoff Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:15:22 +0000 http://www.photografica.com.au/iblog/?p=14#comment-8 Richard, I think you've hit the nail on the head. I don't think critique is about the judgment at all. Without critique that's all we have. An instinctive judgment. With critique we can look at an image, and see (analyse) what it is the photographer is trying to say. Of course on all levels you can then make judgments (technically, artistically and conceptually) but I don't think that's the main point. It's better to look and discuss and think than simply to judge. Richard, I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. I don’t think critique is about the judgment at all. Without critique that’s all we have. An instinctive judgment. With critique we can look at an image, and see (analyse) what it is the photographer is trying to say. Of course on all levels you can then make judgments (technically, artistically and conceptually) but I don’t think that’s the main point. It’s better to look and discuss and think than simply to judge.

]]> http://www.photografica.com.au/iblog/photography/is-photo-critique-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Richard Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:56:38 +0000 http://www.photografica.com.au/iblog/?p=14#comment-7 If the course you talked about abandoned critique because students couldn't accept negative criticism, then I shudder to think where the cultural barometer is heading in our society. We're becoming bland, afraid of confronting anything. However it's also worth pointing out that critique doesn't necessarily have to deliver a judgement. The person doing the critique merely acts as a guide, pointing things out, and acts as a catalyst. It all depends of course on the reason for the critique and the intended audience. With students trying to attain a level of competence it's difficult to avoid judgmental assessments, mind you If the course you talked about abandoned critique because students couldn’t accept negative criticism, then I shudder to think where the cultural barometer is heading in our society. We’re becoming bland, afraid of confronting anything. However it’s also worth pointing out that critique doesn’t necessarily have to deliver a judgement. The person doing the critique merely acts as a guide, pointing things out, and acts as a catalyst. It all depends of course on the reason for the critique and the intended audience. With students trying to attain a level of competence it’s difficult to avoid judgmental assessments, mind you

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