Comments on: ana galan – viv(r)e la vie!

By: Ross Nolly

Ross Nolly — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:39:47 +0000

Or; as Johnny rotten once said… “You’ll find that empty vessels make the most sound”

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:28:31 +0000

slummingangel
(July 22, 2011 at 3:17 pm)SAID/generalized to ALLL of you:
“…I think people here …
mob frenzy and feed on each others’ heat…
a culture of free floating anger…
In a culture modeled by Washington…”

My answer in your own words:
“Sniping criticisms always say more about the critics”

By: Carsten

Carsten — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:12:04 +0000

“slummingangel”…

it’s funny how you say “In a culture modeled by Washington…” etc. What a simplistic, US-centric view. Go broaden your horizons, then try again.

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:15:28 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyvPjn2m240

WORKFLOW OF A BURNIAN before post on a new essay!

(warning: not for weak stomachs;)

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:12:39 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jIvGSu-jG4&feature=fvsr

there it is! A Burnian in a “negative mode”

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:11:24 +0000

lol…couple months ago, mr RZ accused us as an Israeli propaganda magazine, now we belong to Washington, whats next? Goldman Sachs? Is Burn responsible for the financial crisis in greece…
Damn i loved that Imants’ Tasmanian Devil youtube clip..
where can i find it? Burn comm-enters are Tasmanian Devils!

By: Akaky

Akaky — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:10:54 +0000

I think his liver goes to the meetings every once in a while, but that’s only because the Mets won the World Series in 1986 and he promised my aunt that he’d go if they won. Uncle Steve doesn’t really want to go, so sending the liver is the next best thing. The liver needs the help more than Uncle Steve does, anyway.

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:06:37 +0000

Akaky, but but Uncle Steve is not anonymous:))))
unless he is attending Alcoholic Anonymous !!!!?????

By: Akaky

Akaky — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:21:46 +0000

“We are controlled and guided by Washington, FBI, CIA , etc”, according to recent anonymous super reliable but unconfirmed sources…”

Panos, my Uncle Steve does not count as a super reliable source. His sources of information are his drinking buddies at McNally’s Bar & Grill, none of whom, as far as I can tell, have gotten off their barstools since Eisenhower was President and whose understanding of current events is somewhat limited, given that none of them have managed to get past the sports pages in the Daily News since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles.

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:14:05 +0000

and Thomas do not forget the most important: “we are controlled and guided by Washington, FBI, CIA , etc”, according to recent anonymous super reliable but unconfirmed sources…

By: Thomas Bregulla

Thomas Bregulla — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:03:11 +0000

“Where else in the world can you ask a Magnum photographer for advice, who makes time to help all those who ask…”
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Not only that, you get the impression to be part of a wider community, or better: family. It is a place to center. You meet with friends, brothers and sisters. It is just great. I’m not writing very often, but I try to read all of it. I love this place.
And hey, you can even joke – be it bags, or glass doors…

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:59:57 +0000

Isnt it weird how many “Anonymous” love to bring BURN down ? they hate it, but they are still here…
there is an App for that (sorry there is a word for that)…hmm what is it?
its a common feeling i see In this world of ours (Washington is behind of course..lol) called BITTERNESS!!!

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:54:18 +0000

about my screen name being arrogant:
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arrogance is cool if u can back it up with your work , hiding in anonymity isn’t….think before you attack,
brother/sister, whatever your drivers license says you really are!

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:51:39 +0000

Bringing/beating BURN down, speculating that Washington is behind it…is at least (cant find appropriate word)!

hmmm and all that under a troll name…cmon mrs/mr Important! Dont fire bullets hiding in your cozy anonymity,
por favor

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:49:15 +0000

In a culture modeled by Washington, people have come to think it’s their responsibility to take somebody down
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lol…exactly just like u did with the above comment

(its weird how some folks look at their mirror and see “someone” else..someone they dont like)

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:47:10 +0000

I think people here work themselves into a mob frenzy and feed on each others’ heat.
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“here” in this earth? well, welcome to real world my friend! (time to abandon the church utopia)

By: slummingangel

slummingangel — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:17:50 +0000

Sniping criticisms always say more about the critics than about the art. In a culture modeled by Washington, people have come to think it’s their responsibility to take somebody down; and so criticism is now reaching for the lowest hanging fruit. I was surprised when I posted comments a while ago to be criticized by a post that complained about my screen name being arrogant: if I had become the target. (The person who “critiqued” my screen name obviously missed the allusion and the homage to someone else.) Much more useful than the critics are the commentators like Bob Black’s post, in which he reflects on what Ana Galan’s work contributes to the photographic conversation, what she is trying to achieve and achieving, why she would enter into a “dialogue” with Piero Della Francesca, and what her work suggests about where she may be going. I don’t think DAH has it right when he speculates that the more comments/criticisms posted, the more impact an essay has. I think people here work themselves into a mob frenzy and feed on each others’ heat. My guess is that in a culture of free floating anger, the most potent works of art shock viewers into silence, the very opposite reaction from wanton blather. Silence is where we go when something is so fresh it reorders our world.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:04:00 +0000

And this site is something special…
Where else in the world can you ask a Magnum photographer for advice, who makes time to help all those who ask…

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:58:22 +0000

Burn/DAH/Anton kill in one foul swoop the myth that there is some magical trick, potion or secret code to becoming a good, great, outstanding photographer…
It’s all just work and work, believing in yourself and listening to what means something to you.

By: Carlo

Carlo — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:42:14 +0000

my lens is bigger than yours?

I second what Paul said about burn being the “only photography website who doesn’t care two shits about whst camera you’re using”

it’s great not reading about tech stuff. I’m not going to lie here but I do like to look at lenses/cameras and what not but to read pages upon pages of boring technicalities is lame…really lame. I could not imagine reading that sort of thing here.