Response to Phil Borges toning technique

Tom said:

> Mr.Borges has made some beautiful portraits as I stated (and was > ignored) above. But after veiwing 30 or 40 of them, the technique > (equipment and finishing) becomes the overwhelming characteristic > of the portfolio...

Good point, Tom, but...for one to think that Phil Borges can only do pictures using that technique is not accurate. To say that looking at 30 or 40 pictures within a series makes the technique stand out more than the photos is stating the obvious.

The greatest artists have spent years perfecting a "technique". It's what makes them rich and/or famous. To talk down about Borges' ability because of his fairly monotonous technique is like deriding Picasso for his relentless use of Cubism. Like saying Seurat is mundane because of his torturous use of Pointilism. Like saying Monet is just plain boring because of his dependence on French Impressionism.

It's fairly obvious that the greatest minds are driven into a perfection of discipline that may seem myopic to those who value their "freedom". However, to simply decrease the value of their work because, "it all just looks the same" doesn't sound right to me.

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