Help Me Understand, Please

[JAS_Photo]

I have seen those before and I am sure that some art curator can explain the artistic value but they are for the most part not my cup of tea. I like the Kalispell street photo but really other then being a kind of record of the 70's, I do not have much fascination with them.
If you look at the "commons" on flickr by such museums as the Smithsonian there are tons and tons of photos that are more appealing.

On this thread I pointed out a couple of amateurish photos from a girl on another forum, that I thought had a lot of eye appeal but I guess I was the only one. (She may end up being a fabulous artist someday, who knows?)

*edit* Ok, I just went and looked him up on the web and I think those photos are not a really fair representation of his overall art at least not without context. Take a look here:
http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkfo...n-shore-t.html

By the way he pioneered color in photographic art, where B&W was previously considered the only medium for art photography and traveled across America taking photos of 'banal' items and scenery. So there you go.