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have for a long time wanted to do a show in which the technical apparatus is chosen by the curators, probably a simple camera but one which still allows a little control, like a Lumix. The subject matter is also fixed, within limits. A dozen photographers famous for their ‘style’ are invited to participate.
And the point is that surely the style will show through. A David Bailey will still look like a David Bailey, even with the ‘wrong’ subject and the ‘wrong’ equipment. Because style in photography is made by the eye and hand and brain and culture and prejudice and previous experience and desire to communicate and all the rest, just as it is in any other art form. To say that style depends on the gear and the subject is yet again to suppose that photography is a machine product only.
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