Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Reading the life experiences of photographers I admire, it is clear that >they simply do their own thing and be done with it.
Recommended book: "Seeing the Light" by Tom Shroder and John Barry (ISBN 0-769-43282-5) It's the story of Clyde Butcher and a remarkable story it is. With no formal photographic training he built a business doing landscape photography and got rich selling big color photos to corporate clients like J.C. penney. Then he went bust. Then he scraped out a living selling photos at art shows around the country, until his son was killed in a traffic accident, when Clyde decided "screw it, I'm gonna do what *I* wanna do" and comited himself to doing nothing but large format black and white - stuff that just doesn't sell on the art show circuit. This is the work that has since made him famous. He's often referred to as the Ansel Adams of the Florida Everglades and his work *is* amazing. His story is much longer and more bizarre than my synopsis here can convey and the authors do a good job of telling it. And the book is also full of Clyde Butcher's incredible photographs. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
