Mike Johnston wrote:
>
> Is anybody of the opinion that "professionals" are somehow at the top of
the
> pyramid? If so, I would beg to differ. Great photographers are seldom
> professionals (even if they hire themselves out). Professionals seldom do
> the best photographic work. And professional work isn't much to aspire to,
> IMHO. I mean, we've all done it, we've all had to do it (I was a full-time
> pro for years), but what professional would do exactly the same kind of
work
> if he or she didn't have to?!?
I was looking at an issue of National Geographic the other day. I have seen
some great photos in the magazine. I have also seen whole articles the
pictures for which would never have made it past one look on the light
table, if I had taken them. They were obviously pictures that were sold to
go with the article, they were not art, and I believe were not saleable
except for the fact they gave readers a visual stimulus to accompany the
words they were reading.
Tom C.
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