There's a certain aspect of the production of art that fascinates me when I see it. It can sometimes become so overwhelming that the actual intention of the art fades away. It is also almost always seen in photography. It's negotiation: an intense, sustained push to get the images that the artist wants. And it's a real skill. At the Michaelis Grad Show, Keelin Pincus' SunEden struck me as such a project. It was, basically, portraits of nudists (yes, Diane Arbus). I'm not sure what there is beyond this except maybe a exoticisation of the subject, which I get from most photography, and I find quite distasteful. And maybe an investigation into the pride and eccentricity of a subculture. Which is important. But that hard push of negotiation was there, that thrust into people's lives, camera first. Now if the artist could break through that, make it mean something, she's got a good eye.

On the other hand, maybe it's not too too hard to get nudists to pose nude??