[blansky]

My only point is that the photographer has taken a very singular idea and done a nice job of bringing it to fruition. He appears to have completed his work, and here it is, for what it is. A document of a bygone era, with the added bonus of having a visual continuity that is in many instances beautiful, and at the very least interesting.

Beyond that, I don't see anyone giving it reverential significance, nor is it exciting thy loins. (ok, well maybe a bit...)

All I'm trying to say is that a critic is able to take something and work backwards, deriding the artist's intentions and supplanting a simple, noble idea with something corrupted; i.e. hero worship.

Not to say that some artists don't begin with innoble ideas.

Look, I think we're all upset that our trays weren't featured....

I agree. He did a great job. And it IS interesting. But I'm often surprised at how some people attach WAY to much significance to these type of things.

This is something like sports memorabilia. People will pay hundreds of thousands for a ball that ???? hit over the fence to win ????World Series or Wayne Gretzky's hockey stick that snapped in ??????goal.

When in fact, it is no different that 1 million other baseballs or one of the thousands of sticks Gretzky used. And often for instance during certain games Gretzky would used dozens of sticks during a memorable game like his last one. "Hey look, I have the stick from Gretzky's last game. And it only cost me $60,000 on ebay".

The dozens of pens that people cherish that a President uses to sign some significant document. 10 pens for one signature??

But I absolutely agree, the trays were an interesting idea, but I'm still gonna cringe when they are up for auction for $10,000 a piece.