Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a teacher many years ago that hit it on the head. "If you have a choice between being an artist and being something else, be something else...an artist has no choice"...It is not about it being a hobby, it is about it being a necessity. I agree with you B.D., no one that approaches art of any kind with a passion does it as a "hobby". - --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html