Re: Only fifty photogs working with platinotype/palladiotype!?

There are countless times I've watched in disgust as critics and art-school
cognoscenti have heaped praise upon 'excrement art'. I (and probably the
vast majority of the public) don't especially care if something is
'different and has never been done before'. IMO, phony trash art sucks,
even if it is unique. Too bad I don't have an advanced art degree. I guess
I'll never understand or appreciate the relevance of elephant dung or piss
in a bottle.

I'm primarily a landscape photographer. My best work has always come about
by just going out hiking and looking around, without worrying about who I
need to satisfy - other than myself. Since I don't make my living in
photography, I have tremendous freedom. I don't have to cater to the whims
of employers, critics, gallery owners, museum curators, etc..... I have no
deadlines or quotas to fill. I make good money selling Fords and Dodges. I
can spend plenty of time and money on my photography hobby/addiction. Life
is good!

I think more people than you realize share Chris's feelings on this subject.

Best regards,
Dave Rose
Big Wonderful Wyoming
http://www.alternativephotography.com/dave_rose.html

> Chris,
>
> Have you considered that you may be the only one that feels this way?
>
> Joe
>
> Joseph Smigiel, Educational Specialist
> Art Department
> Kalamazoo Valley Community College
> 6767 West "O" Avenue
> Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49003-4070
>
> telephone: 269.488.4647
> fax: 269.488.4115
> email: jsmigiel@kvcc.edu
> >>> chris@chrisportfolio.com 02/01/04 11:00 AM >>>
> I KNOW I'm 1 of only 25 people in the world that make Daguerreotypes!
> Right....Right?
>
> Hmmmm...well I'm 1 of only 10 people in the world that makes Becquerel
> 4"x5"
> plates using a barrel lens without an aperture.
>
> Actually I'm only 1 of 5 people in the world that makes Becquerel 4"x5"
> plates using a barrel lens without an aperture with a bad buffing and
> poor
> gliding technique (on purpose mind you!!...hehehe).
>
> Well I KNOW I'm the only one in the world that makes Becquerel 4"x5"
> plates
> using a barrel lens without an aperture in an old SpeedGraphic press
> camera
> with a bad buffing and poor gliding technique of blurry self-portraits
> with
> objects during the summer hours of 11am-2pm Eastern Standard Time in
> Central
> New York on my friends property that has a huge Stone Barn in the shape
> of a
> castle.
>
> Can I put that up on my website?
>
>
> ----------------
>
> Sorry just got to this thread and I found it a great laugh! I wrote not
> with
> the intention to pick on Gary but to point out something that seems to
> be an
> issue most of us fight with. This need to be "the only one" doing
> something
> in art this day and age is a tremendous pressure falsely put on many us.
> It's all BS and once you get over it and just get back to doing and not
> worrying if you are unique, your mind is set free and your greatest work
> will appear.
>
> -Chris
Received on Mon Feb 2 11:05:55 2004