Dear Editor,As one of the critics quoted in Allan Nadel's shallow and badly skewed article "Art or Propaganda? Postwar American Photography," I feel a corrective is in order. I should begin by saying that Allan and I have corresponded and are on cordial terms. Nevertheless, I don't agree with his essay at all, or like it. I think he should have stopped at paragraph two.I've been reading these sorts of benighted uncomprehending middlebrow attacks on artists for as long as I've been reading about art. "Why can't they make it pretty? Why can't they take pictures of cute, pleasant things that people want to look at?" they seem to be saying. Which completely misses the point. This is probably too stinging (I don't have a "patience switch," I'm afraid, except with young people), so let me back up and name a few concrete objections. Dr. Nadal is setting up straw dogs for the purpose of knocking them over. In fact,...(Read Full Post)