I think he and his website provide a fastinating study into the culture of celebrity - and since he has obviously set that as a goal for himself, and has more or less achieved it, you can only say good on him. Why chastise him for being successful in what our society encourages us to be?
My point - If Ken and others are 'successful' - as defined by our popular culture - good on them. If their success makes you cringe, good opportunity to examine why you cringe and what success really means to you. Better opportunity to assess the mainstream culture and make a conscious decision about it.
For the merely envious - well, shame on you 'cause you coulda been a Ken Rockwell if you tried.
And if Ken joined list as an anonymous new member, and posted his work, he'd probably get excellent reviews.
Speculation without comment.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: kenny-boy on CBS
People will listen to the fameous 97% more ofthen than to they will the knowledgable. Going with the popular opinion is always more profitable.
graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
Peter J. Alling wrote:Just one more reason to not watch CBS, they're completely lacking in credibility. How the hell do they do their research,
do they actually talk to any real experts, say someone who knows something about information theory, or physics, or optics,
no they find Ken Rockwell, who runs a "Popular" web page. They probably used Google hit statistics, maybe "I'm feeling lucky".
I wonder how many of the recent hits on his page were from incredulous photographers looking at a virtual train wreck and then
posting derisive comments in photography forums.
Derby Chang wrote:
Our favourite smilin' Ken seems have gotten himself on CBS. Did anyone Stateside see his interview?
http://cbs2.com/consumerpaige/local_story_040194428.html
Maybe the transcript was a bit heavily edited, but there are SO many things odd with what he said. I kinda reads like his one-page essay on how to do everything in Photoshop.
On a related note, I wonder if he read this week's Luminous Landscape essay about RAW.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/rawtruth1.shtml
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