Comments on: Sara Naim photographs milk as it vibrates to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata http://www.featureshoot.com/2011/01/sara-naim-new-york/ Travel Fashion Documentary Editorial & Portrait Photographers: Feature Shoot' Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lee http://www.featureshoot.com/2011/01/sara-naim-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-47425 Lee Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:00:49 +0000 http://www.featureshoot.com/?p=10756#comment-47425 I couldn't agree more with your comments Tru. Marc - what metaphor would that be? One which acts as a vehicle to project syrupy sentimentality; historical misconceptions wrought purposely to an end effect? If one is blind to the facts surrounding the genesis of Beethoven's sonata then yes, the "aural" photographs do make a powerful, emotionally charged statement... I couldn’t agree more with your comments Tru.

Marc – what metaphor would that be? One which acts as a vehicle to project syrupy sentimentality; historical misconceptions wrought purposely to an end effect? If one is blind to the facts surrounding the genesis of Beethoven’s sonata then yes, the “aural” photographs do make a powerful, emotionally charged statement…

]]> By: Marc http://www.featureshoot.com/2011/01/sara-naim-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-25603 Marc Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:04:08 +0000 http://www.featureshoot.com/?p=10756#comment-25603 Tru.. i don't think you're understanding the metaphor.. Tru.. i don’t think you’re understanding the metaphor..

]]> By: Dinx http://www.featureshoot.com/2011/01/sara-naim-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-21969 Dinx Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:17:45 +0000 http://www.featureshoot.com/?p=10756#comment-21969 Awesome! Awesome!

]]> By: Tru http://www.featureshoot.com/2011/01/sara-naim-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-21910 Tru Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:05:47 +0000 http://www.featureshoot.com/?p=10756#comment-21910 The photos are very interesting, but I think the business about Beethoven having composed the Moonlight Sonata for a blind lover who wished she could see the moonlight is a romantic contrivance. From what information I can find, while the sonata was composed in 1801, Beethoven called it Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Quasi una fantasia.” It didn't get the nickname "Moonlight" until 1832, and that came from Ludwig Rellstab, who then said it put him in mind of moonlight shining on Lake Lucerne. Also, I don't see anything to suggest that Giulietta Gucciardi was anything more for Beethoven than maybe an unrequited crush, not someone with whom he had a mutual romantic or sexual relationship. Scholars seem to believe "Moonlight" to have been inspired by sitting at the bedside of a dying friend, not the wish of a lover. Looks as if the story of Beethoven composing the music for a blind lover who "wished to see the moonlight" is a lush romantic fabrication by the photographer designed to publicize photos in which she attempts to "help people see music." The photos really don't need it, though; they're interesting in and of themselves. Or is it that nothing sells on the Internet nowadays without a romantic story thrown in? I noticed this "blind lover" meme has multiplied and grown since these photos were published; links to it are everywhere. Seems like a good example of not letting the truth get in the way of a good story. The photos are very interesting, but I think the business about Beethoven having composed the Moonlight Sonata for a blind lover who wished she could see the moonlight is a romantic contrivance. From what information I can find, while the sonata was composed in 1801, Beethoven called it Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Quasi una fantasia.” It didn’t get the nickname “Moonlight” until 1832, and that came from Ludwig Rellstab, who then said it put him in mind of moonlight shining on Lake Lucerne. Also, I don’t see anything to suggest that Giulietta Gucciardi was anything more for Beethoven than maybe an unrequited crush, not someone with whom he had a mutual romantic or sexual relationship. Scholars seem to believe “Moonlight” to have been inspired by sitting at the bedside of a dying friend, not the wish of a lover. Looks as if the story of Beethoven composing the music for a blind lover who “wished to see the moonlight” is a lush romantic fabrication by the photographer designed to publicize photos in which she attempts to “help people see music.” The photos really don’t need it, though; they’re interesting in and of themselves. Or is it that nothing sells on the Internet nowadays without a romantic story thrown in? I noticed this “blind lover” meme has multiplied and grown since these photos were published; links to it are everywhere. Seems like a good example of not letting the truth get in the way of a good story.

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