tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post5366941858282024754..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: I'm not a real photographer but I play one on TVBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-81877480583888159242009-11-30T19:30:03.628-08:002009-11-30T19:30:03.628-08:00That seems crazy to me. Look at all the outstandi...That seems crazy to me. Look at all the outstanding writers who were not full time writers, at least not to start with, and some never. For instance, William Carlos Williams was a poet and also a doctor. For most mortals, fine art photography can only be full time with a pocketful of money acquired some other way. Commercial photography isn't the same as personal fine art work, and it gets in the way for some artists (if you ask me). I guess I'd better read what Hin Chua wrote. But I'll take being not in the front ranks if it means I can photograph what I want, when I want, how I want, even if it means I have to make a living some other way.Ellen Rennardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913611892998416287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-60584913835281155522009-11-29T09:58:57.067-08:002009-11-29T09:58:57.067-08:00Hey, talent is talent full-time or not but I agree...Hey, talent is talent full-time or not but I agree that full-time effort increases your chance of getting seen. I've always thought Jeff Bridges' pictures were interesting. I see others there that I like. (I think Vigo's stuff is crap.) I guess the point is would I have seen Bridges' images if he were not an actor? Good question.Benhttp://www.bennettlevinephotographs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-69517304099167239432009-11-29T09:26:46.033-08:002009-11-29T09:26:46.033-08:00Comments have been dormant for a few days so I'...Comments have been dormant for a few days so I'll assume folks have stopped guessing. Here are the answers:<br /><br />1. Dennis Hopper<br />2. Richard Gere<br />3. Viggo Mortensen<br />4. Andy Summers<br />5. Lou Reed<br />6. Leonard Nimoy<br />7. Graham Nash<br />8. Jeff Bridges<br />9. Jessica Lange<br />10. Diane Keaton<br /><br />Congrats to Stan B. for identifying the most correct answers. Email me your address, Stan, and prepare to receive your fabulous gifts and prizes.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-86558019762502310842009-11-27T09:24:34.582-08:002009-11-27T09:24:34.582-08:00Yes, #2 is Richard Gere.
You're right, Ulrich...Yes, #2 is Richard Gere.<br /><br />You're right, Ulrich, the line between devotion and dilletantism isn't a hard break but more of a gradation.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-47449291487262764052009-11-27T01:37:57.473-08:002009-11-27T01:37:57.473-08:00"I think generally it (artistic excellence) c..."I think generally it (artistic excellence) comes <br />from fulltime devotion and not dilettantism."<br /><br />To me this only states the obvious: Generally the more practice the better. Sorry to insist by asking about the point of this. <br /><br />But on a side note: I like how you point out with your blog post how hard it is to draw a line between dilettantism and fulltime devotion, for me, that is. I guess I need to be fully devoted instead of being strictly dilettante to see this line at all sometimes ;-)Ulrichhttp://photo.uhilger.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-41602006930273959172009-11-27T00:10:53.282-08:002009-11-27T00:10:53.282-08:00# 2 Richard Gere ?# 2 Richard Gere ?AlexMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15649879444833416195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-81661847663173350452009-11-26T13:19:13.281-08:002009-11-26T13:19:13.281-08:00I probably should've explained better what I m...I probably should've explained better what I meant by "high achievement". I actually was thinking of it in terms of raw artistic excellence and not by normal measures of success like recognition or sales, etc. Sometimes the two are related but I think very often they don't have much to do with each other. The recognition that celebrity photography receives is just one example of that discontinuity, and I think the contemporary photo world contains many other examples. <br /><br />How you measure artistic excellence is of course a loaded question. But I think generally it comes from fulltime devotion and not dilettantism.<br /><br />#1 is indeed Dennis Hopper.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-29461857041791430112009-11-26T11:29:29.414-08:002009-11-26T11:29:29.414-08:00I'm with Ulrich...who knows about "excell...I'm with Ulrich...who knows about "excellence and achievement"? For example, it seems like there are "lunch break" photographers in NYC...capturing a trophy in 15 minutes on the street. The practice and demands of photography are culturally driven...all the prize winners would not mean anything to people from other cultures. I had a temp job cutting vegetables for restaurants; as the business was located in an industrial part of town, i occasionally saw "risk taking" photographers walking by and thought "a privileged person with leisure time." <br />All the posted photos look like David Lynch, except the last by Diane Keaton :))<br />Like any artist, it is about one's life work....the long story tells the story.brhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319369552556788448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-1614469342005994512009-11-26T05:38:43.592-08:002009-11-26T05:38:43.592-08:00I think Kenny Rogers & Louis CK are the only c...I think Kenny Rogers & Louis CK are the only celebrities I know to be photographers. <br /><br />As to knowing any of their work..fail on my part.K. Praslowiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256037792557370609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-5032323573115568522009-11-25T22:31:28.853-08:002009-11-25T22:31:28.853-08:00"I think the highest achieving photography is..."I think the highest achieving photography is generally the result of fulltime devotion."<br /><br />That very much depands on what 'high achievement' means. Earnings? Recognition? Prizes? I guess these are the 'achievements' you refer to.<br /><br />Some photographs (not photographers) really need a lot of 'devotion' to reach some of the achievements they have reached. Others never reach any achievements simply because no 'devotion' was put into marketing. <br /><br />I guess, what I really want to say is that this view of Hin Chua is pointless in my eyes.Ulrichhttp://photo.uhilger.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-70944896711001522312009-11-25T17:21:55.513-08:002009-11-25T17:21:55.513-08:00#1 Dennis Hopper.#1 Dennis Hopper.The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553244077211927948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-73686078114451207872009-11-25T13:55:57.151-08:002009-11-25T13:55:57.151-08:00Sorry, #1 isn't Wim Wenders.Sorry, #1 isn't Wim Wenders.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-59194722134947497792009-11-25T11:58:41.835-08:002009-11-25T11:58:41.835-08:00Awful.Awful.Stan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-89526093480245243852009-11-25T11:35:02.877-08:002009-11-25T11:35:02.877-08:00Maybe
1) Wim WendersMaybe<br />1) Wim WendersLUC RABAEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965097471172263577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-73027209490964522182009-11-25T11:32:34.551-08:002009-11-25T11:32:34.551-08:00Nice work, Stan. All five guesses are right.
I ne...Nice work, Stan. All five guesses are right.<br /><br />I never saw the McLaine show. Was it any good?Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-73920503150880675652009-11-25T09:30:58.678-08:002009-11-25T09:30:58.678-08:00"It is very, very rare to find a part-time ph..."It is very, very rare to find a part-time photographer in the front ranks."<br /><br />Not exactly revelatory, is it- as your pro athlete analogy well points out... Anyway, FWIW- here's my latest on the celebrity gossip circuit:<br /><br />Definitely:<br />6) Leonard Nimoy<br />8) Jeff Bridges<br />10) Diane Keaton (from her truly excellent Reservations monograph)<br /><br />Maybe:<br />3) Viggo Mortensen<br />5) Big Lou<br /><br />Anyone recall when Shirley McLaine played a pro photographer on a weekly TV show in early '70s?Stan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.com