Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I agree. LOL.
Seriously, I think the world is kinda big and that everyone's approach to photography can be different. Further everyone's disposable income kinda limits what one can do, and this needs to be respected.
I for one have no problem is someone's photograpghy is limited to just even image capture, and I do not dismiss photograpghy that is just posted on the internet, even though I want to print for exhibition.
One day shooting in a remote industrial area. I was confronted by a guy who was working on this weekend who wanted to know what I was doing. When I explained that I'm shooting urban landscape searching for beauty in less trodden areas of NYC, this man wanted to show me a cell phone picture he took, and he showed me a western setting sun that combined a graveyard in Long Island City with the Madhatten skyline in the distance.
Anyways this image remains iconic, meaning I still remember the image, and I can't ever forget it. My new friend explained that he was leaving work and he saw the remarkable shot, and I further inquired about the location to get the vantage point. How can I say that this man's photography in not authentic without being arrogant?
BACK ON TOPIC: I guess with affluence and privelage comes economic snobbery, but in the meantime meaning, intent, and creative struggle gets judged rather harshly by some. Somehow some people have lost sight of all this.
Still it is funny how all the tired riffs return to repeat in a rigid manner. Perhaps we should hold up a mirror and examine ourselves to frame our intents. Do we really want to be snobby, arrogant and intolerant?
I use and own a lot of prime expensive gear, and no doubt economically that I am greedy because I have more gear than I need, but somehow I remain humble.
Cal
