McCall Lake #8. Boulder County, Colorado, 2012
Today I think I’ll simply pass on a link to a great article by Mike Johnston at The Online Photographer as his words really struck a C major chord with me. The article is called “The Difference Between A Photographer and an Artist” and you can read it in it’s entirety here–which I highly recommend you do.
The three key points I got out of it?
1) His definition of an “art photographer” as a “photographer with an opinion” is intriguing and will require some contemplation.
2) Never show your sh*t images. Good photographers don’t do this…and I am sooo guilty of this. Time to review and purge all my galleries…
3) The term “photographer” is a loaded term with many possible meanings. (Are you a “photographer”? What does that mean to you?)
Again, I suggest you read the article in its entirety. Mike is a very entertaining writer and there are many other interesting comments to be found in this particular column.
P.S. While you are at his website, check out the post “Open Mike: Texas Wants to Secede“–not really related to photography, but pretty funny and worth the read!
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