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Monday
May192008

man & nature # 9 ~ ups and downs

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I have been spending some time surfing the web for photo blogs of interest - man, there is a lot of crap out there. A few gems have surfaced but along the way a few bummers have showed up. Two in particular, struck a note of interest with me.

One entry on What Was I Thinking is about photographer Chip Simons - a photographer whose work I have known about for quite a few years, mostly through commercial photography publications. His work always seemed kind of "out there", which I liked, and he seemed to be doing quite well in the commercial photo biz.

In any event, I haven't been following much about the commercial photo biz for a number of years, so this piece caught my attention when I came across it. Be sure to read his Bio for the whole story about a photographer who had and lost it all.

Then there was this piece, An Argument Against Photography, which is basically the opposite of the Chip Simons piece - a rant from a photographer who never got it (at least not yet) ....

These pieces are apropos of nothing in particular - I just found them interesting.

Reader Comments (2)

Re: Argument against photography...

I don't want to make a living. I want to make Art. I have a difficult time seeing that which is done primarily out of commercial interest as being Art, just like when you bed a hooker you're definitely having sex, but you're not Making Love. Only the latter is worthwhile, IMO.

I'm quite happy where I am and the $6000.00 Canon lens is still on the menu.

May 19, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSean

Whew. Well, after reading that I feel rather like I've been rolled over by a truck or something...

May 20, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAna

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