Let there be light!
Italy, 1990
Photo Arthur Intesorry
The Professor has allowed me to publish the first two paragraphs of his Statement, which he claims are essential. They are about light. According to the professor, Mr. Intesorry has allegedly proclaimed that he doesn't need light to create photographs. It's nonsense, according to our esteemed professor. Photography means painting with light, so how can Mr. Intesorry claim such a thing?
§ 1 Let there be light!
§ 2 As you all know the camera obscura, has been around for centuries dating back to ancient Chinese and Greek philosophers. In the late 19th century Eastman's company, Eastman Kodak, introduced transparent, flexible roll film made from cellulose nitrate. Well, you all know that.
Throughout the history of photography, it has been about capturing light, whether from the sun, the moon, or the electric light that illuminates our contemporary world. Significant photographers like Eugène Atget, Emmanuel Rudzitsky, Robert Frank or Graciela Iturbide to name a few, have all benefited from the engineers who created the machines, called cameras.
It inevitably reminds me of the Eiffel Tower. We know who won the competition between Gustave Eiffel and Jules Bourdais. The engineer's tower still stands 135 years after its inauguration, while the artist's sketch is almost forgotten. They were both, of course, architects trained at the École Centrale Paris... bla bla...
Paris 1997
mrurbano: I must interrupt the Professor here! This long narration doesn't align at all with the first version of § 2. It simply reads, "Arthur Intesorry is a fraudster."
The Professor: Keep quiet, mrurbano! I'm explaining complicated things here that perhaps you don't understand. As I was saying: It's the light that takes the lead! This applies to everything from the simplest pinhole camera to the most expensive digital camera. Without light, it's impossible to capture an image of the real reality. Already during the Renaissance, painters are said to have used the camera obscura to improve their represention of reality... bla bla."
IRL
mrurbano: We have only seen seven paragraphs and it has come to this! It's impossible to continue. Now I'm banning the Professor and Arthur Intesorry from this site!
Arthur Intesorry: Within a year, I will produce the most exquisite photographs you can imagine. It will be true subjective photography, for if my clients have an image in their mind, it will be realized through my skill.
They can even have it on the most rare and coveted photo paper if they wish. But it will come at a cost. I will figure out ways to make a profit, and the galleries will be flooded with my works.
The Professor: What a nightmare! Show me the negatives or credible information from your digital camera then! Now you're silent, huh?
Arthur Intesorry: Go hide Professor you are boring, take your grumpy gang and go.
mrurbano: I have warned you. This is no playground. You are permanently banned here! Go home!
Unconfirmed picture of Arthur going home.
Photo mrurbano
Another unconfirmed picture of Mr Intesorry
Photo mrurbano
End of story.
Photo mr urbano
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