tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post7588632309744710544..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: Aestas InterruptusBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-54712645887448028402011-07-13T05:45:56.517-07:002011-07-13T05:45:56.517-07:00Keep making work. Get it out there. Good advice.Keep making work. Get it out there. Good advice.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-84582507920471672762011-07-12T15:49:21.888-07:002011-07-12T15:49:21.888-07:00As my 50th birthday approached I wrote Ray Metzker...As my 50th birthday approached I wrote Ray Metzker to tell him how much I admired his work and to ask for his advice. In 30-plus years I had accumulated quite a bit of work myself, and I was beginning to wonder: what is a photographer's responsibility to his/her photographs?<br /><br />I was surprised and delighted when Ray contacted me a few weeks later. In answer to my question he said "keep making the work" and "get it out there" -- advice I still follow.<br /><br />He has written this about his own process: <em>The wonderful thing about being a photographer is the element of discovery. I feel I’m on a voyage. I don’t have a preconception, but that is not to deny the all of accumulated experience that feeds intuition. I need to be surprised, to find a jewel.</em>David Simontonhttp://www.davidsimonton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-3113118634302081502011-07-12T12:20:01.279-07:002011-07-12T12:20:01.279-07:00Good point about the reality of photography’s plac...Good point about the reality of photography’s place in the art world. It’s kind of odd since not long ago the likes of Wall, Struth and Gursky were headliners in the contemporary art world and photography dominated to such a degree that abstract painting almost disappeared from the scene. But the key is that it is ‘contemporary art’ and that has a much smaller audience than the more accessible and popular classical and cultural art, which would include classic cars. It’s good to see Metzger get his dues anywhere these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com