Hm. On the one hand, I kind of "get" Soil of the Sensible as a series, but also found most of the images annoying.

As much as I love me some [S]Aragorn[/S] Viggo, and have respected and admired the fact that his art encompasses the visual as well as performance, I have been underwhelmed by his visual art... though some of his pinhole work at Burning Man is passable.

Of both artists mentioned, they both experiment with Holgas (YAY!) but again - I'm underwhelmed by their Holga work. Both look like rejects from my contact sheets.

Not sure what the answer is... sometimes the art world loves rubbish. I do find it interesting that in a digital age where slick, hyper-saturated images are lauded, the images by both of these photographers are not (slick, focused, hyper-saturated). Then again, are cursory DOF studies (Soil of the Sensible) what I want hanging on my wall?

Hm.

I know I haven't answered your question - but thanks for bringing it up!
Megan