Someone can tell me something is art, but they cannot tell me that I like. If they denounce me for not liking it, it is their problem. If I denounce them for liking it, and for them thinking it is art, that is my problem. I try not to do the latter. Sometimes it is not easy.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
You should go far, dear boy.
The big advantage of studying other subjects than art is that it's often more difficult for the lecturers to be quite as opaque. Not always, though. I once quite upset a lecturer in education by pointing out inconsistencies in her babbling; listening to her attempts to a reply; and then saying, "You're talking nonsense, and you know it."
The trouble was, she did. In revenge, the stupid baggage tried to wreck my career. She ran into two problems. First, I wasn't a career teacher, so I didn't care. Second, the headmaster at the school where I was teaching had no higher an opinion of her than I did. Which is why, maybe 35 years ago, I became a Teacher Recognized by the Department of Education and Science. And partly, why I've not taught in 30+ years.
Perhaps 50% of schoolteachers have an unwarrantedly high opinion of themselves. For those who teach schoolteachers, the percentage is vastly higher.
Cheers,
R.
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
Did Leonardo call the Mona Lisa high art when he dragged it around Europe? Probably not. Let's enjoy our craft. Shoot lots of pictures. Let the viewer decide what qualifies as "art photog."
