Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Squares and sabotage
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:40:45 -0800

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> At 10:37 AM 11/23/1999 -0500, Dan Cardish wrote:
> >There is more to photography than photojournalism.
> 
> While this is true, for sure, what is the most sought after job in the
> world when it comes to photography? What utilizes the best photographers in
> the world for any given subject? And it doesn't pay anywhere near what an
> average stock photographer or commercial or advertising photographer, or
> even wedding photographer, can make in a day.
> 
> National Geographic. There is one best, for me, and a whole lot of
> photographers out there. Not for everyone. But you don't seem to want to
> allow people to hold their own opinions.
> 
> Eric Welch
> Carlsbad, CA
> 
It's like the difference between being a millionaire and an entrepreneur. 
Anyone can be a millionaire. 
It takes talent and there is ROMANCE in being an entrepreneur. The yuppie dream.
The ROMANCE belongs to the photojournalists. Others are more like hotshots
(which is me).
Mark Rabiner