Stopped by B&N today and went right for the photography section. I was looking for some books I saw on Amazon or ones I saw recenty at the Aperture gallery. None of them were there. I did find however a book I am planning on purchasing hopefully by the end of the year which is Annie Leibowitz last book of her work. I always liked her work... somewhat distant but intimate. There is something about her work that has honesty and no wrong motivation.
Don's post on access is very important I think. But I can say however that not having access to let say models at this time only made me realize I want to shoot even more. And for now I will find my subject matter in some other genre... my biggest activity latley is jamming a true monorail in something that can be dragged to a shoot and set up rather quickly.
-Marek
10/23/2006
10/13/2006
from an email to a freind:
Went to an Aperture gallery tonight for a lecture series they have weekly. I don't remember the photographer's name tonight, I am terrible with that, but it consisted primarily of 8x10 work. He has a book out now where the cover has a girl in the middle of the photograph and a suburban street gently out of focus. The images are very well done. But what had sort of truck my nerve was the crowd there. Some were photo students encouraged or interested in attending for sake of it.. Shit, that is why I was there. But others had the chic (sp?) attitude of photography as art and anything goes crowd. I can't help to avoid the fact that education in photography is becoming very commercial oriented. Along 10th avenue I saw whole bunch of galleries filled with some crowds looking at photography and other media.
Somehow I get feeling the idea of art(photography) students is some
sort of admittance into that world. I've seen that attitude back at
>Rutgers art school I attended for darkroom time. There is that euphoria of living an artist's life before the interest on the student loans brings in the reality that the free time is over. What I am aiming for I suppose is to say that the photo education really occurs in the field. Schools, outside the basics of technique, can give you guidance how to keep on selling your work. Where is the passion of these people for the craft.. Now I know how important it is to keep on shooting in your own world then get subjected to the pinion of commerce. Perhaps I am harsh tonight but I love photography to appreciate the process.
Went to an Aperture gallery tonight for a lecture series they have weekly. I don't remember the photographer's name tonight, I am terrible with that, but it consisted primarily of 8x10 work. He has a book out now where the cover has a girl in the middle of the photograph and a suburban street gently out of focus. The images are very well done. But what had sort of truck my nerve was the crowd there. Some were photo students encouraged or interested in attending for sake of it.. Shit, that is why I was there. But others had the chic (sp?) attitude of photography as art and anything goes crowd. I can't help to avoid the fact that education in photography is becoming very commercial oriented. Along 10th avenue I saw whole bunch of galleries filled with some crowds looking at photography and other media.
Somehow I get feeling the idea of art(photography) students is some
sort of admittance into that world. I've seen that attitude back at
>Rutgers art school I attended for darkroom time. There is that euphoria of living an artist's life before the interest on the student loans brings in the reality that the free time is over. What I am aiming for I suppose is to say that the photo education really occurs in the field. Schools, outside the basics of technique, can give you guidance how to keep on selling your work. Where is the passion of these people for the craft.. Now I know how important it is to keep on shooting in your own world then get subjected to the pinion of commerce. Perhaps I am harsh tonight but I love photography to appreciate the process.
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