[alt-photo] Re: ?: Re: Official press release about HPlarge formatnegatives

[BOB KISS]

	I have made 100% of my living from photography for over 35 years
(except the very small income I have made as a fencing coach).  I have made
the majority of my income from selling prints for the last 12 years.  
	I also am absolutely in love with photography and am madly driven to
make creative work.  However, I also need to eat and buy more materials.  So
I go out and make photos that I adore.  Then I change hats and, with the
help of a few curators and gallery owners, choose those that will sell and
show them.  
	I create the work for personal enjoyment and then I sell it to make
a living.  I call this the best of both worlds...but this is just my
opinion.  And, as I entered this thread late, I certainly haven't told
anyone what to do or not to do.
		CHEERS!
			BOB

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Subject: [alt-photo] Re:?: Re: Official press release about HPlarge
formatnegatives

We have people talking about personal enjoyment and people talking about  
making work for the marketplace. These are not the same thing and I would  
argue that very few alt printers ever seriously get into the marketplace so

let's make sure we aren't putting the cart before the horse. Raise of hands

from those who make even 50% of their income from selling prints? 25%?

Personally: screw the marketplace. If I were making work just to sell I'd  
be shooting 4x5 or 8x10 color film and printing 32x40 and 40x50 to hang  
above couches. I don't make work because it sells, I make work because I  
want to--and I'll make it any way I please. If it sells, hooray! But if it  
doesn't I still enjoyed making it and that's enough for me.

I'm into this for my own personal enjoyment. I can't help but make  
photographs--I am obsessive about it--and I love playing mad scientist and  
getting into the darkroom to play.

Why this sudden turn towards telling people what they should or shouldn't  
be doing and what is or isn'ta waste of personal time on this email list?
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