Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You have obviously been going through a rough period, Rob - Wandering the globe and living in truly horrible conditions, separated from your family and friends for a "hobby?" Spending a year hanging out in crack dens, with your life at risk day in and day our for a "hobby?" Where is this stuff coming from? Yes, they have to do commercial work to finance their personal work - the work for which they are known. Just as virtually every artist of every type has waited tables, driven cabs, practiced medicine, worked for an insurance company, etc. etc. etc. in order to finance their artistic work. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rob Appleby Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 2:04 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: photojournalism I meant that unfortunately both Tina and BD are correct - photo documentary is now something photographers do as a hobby. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: photojournalism > > Hi Rob: > > Would you please explain yourself here a little more for old farts like > me. I guess I just don't get it. > > Thanks. > > Ted > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 1:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: photojournalism > > > > Realism sucks... > > > > R. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 10:20 PM > > Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: photojournalism > > > > > > > At 04:12 PM 8/10/02 -0400, you wrote: > > > >Or, find a way to make decent money with photography and use it to > > support > > > >the documentary work - this route has the advantage that you can > shoot > > the > > > >documentary work entirely as you see it, without having to worry > about > > the > > > >ultimate salability of the images. > > > > > > > >B. D. > > > > > > > > > Right. But I was talking about the actual market for documentary > photos. > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > images available from: > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > > > http://www.mira.com > > > http://www.agpix.com > > > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html