David Hughes
David Hughes
I think the general answer to who would join a forum is you and me and people with time on their hands or people looking for answers and so on.
Regards, David
Regards, David
icebear
Veteran
Once you are really "up there" selling signed prints for like 6k+, you have built a reputation and market value for your work, you don't need any promotion via forums of "social" media. There is only risk to be had that in one emotional response post you tear down the house you built over decades and a ****storm wipes it out. Everybody in his/her right mind would be extremely careful taking these chances.
John Lawrence
Well-known
... isn't it strange and ironic why this happens, when very often the charlatans are lauded to the skies!
John
mccurleyphoto
Established
Maybe the closest thing to a forums of the past would be the Linked Ring. Quote from Wikipedia: "The group was founded in May, 1892, by Henry Peach Robinson, former Photographic Society member George Davison, and Henry Van der Weyde.[4] The Brotherhood was "a means of bringing together those who are interested in the development of the highest form of Art of which Photography is capable." Maybe the closest thing to a "forum" at the time.
Also, the F64 group was formed by photographers of a similar mindset to share ideas, techniques, etc... Adams was a member.
The point being that famous photographers of yesteryear did participate in the "forums" of their day. A big difference being that participation was not open to the masses.
I'm not so sure today's "famous" photographers would. Most seem drawn to social media.
Also, the F64 group was formed by photographers of a similar mindset to share ideas, techniques, etc... Adams was a member.
The point being that famous photographers of yesteryear did participate in the "forums" of their day. A big difference being that participation was not open to the masses.
I'm not so sure today's "famous" photographers would. Most seem drawn to social media.
Steve M.
Veteran
I don't know. We'd have to ask them, and they're dead, so we'll never know, but it's not a silly question at all.
My experience w/ this is that creative types of that caliber mainly focus on themselves and their work, and they don't have the time. It's how they got to be successful. It's not smart to give away your hard earned secrets either.
When I lived in Las Cruces, NM, there was a small town just outside of it called Mesilla. It was an old farm community that was trying to make itself artsy. They had a wonderful place that was a combination B&W fine art, digital photography gallery/workshop space. One day I was talking to one of the gallery sales people and asked them if they liked working there. They replied that it was fine, and a whole lot better than dealing with painters every day. Being a painter myself (and occasional photographer) I asked them what was wrong w/ the painters. She said....."Look, they would walk into that gallery and the Mona Lisa could be hanging on the wall, they didn't care. They would not even see it, just go right up to their painting, go get me, and snarl 'Why is MY piece hanging in this crummy location!"
You need that sort of one point focus to get anywhere in the arts. There's a LOT of competition and only so much wall space. The people that you mentioned probably had that sort of mind set. Ansel Adams did make some good instructional videos toward the end of his life, and others were mentors to other photographers, but that's different.
My experience w/ this is that creative types of that caliber mainly focus on themselves and their work, and they don't have the time. It's how they got to be successful. It's not smart to give away your hard earned secrets either.
When I lived in Las Cruces, NM, there was a small town just outside of it called Mesilla. It was an old farm community that was trying to make itself artsy. They had a wonderful place that was a combination B&W fine art, digital photography gallery/workshop space. One day I was talking to one of the gallery sales people and asked them if they liked working there. They replied that it was fine, and a whole lot better than dealing with painters every day. Being a painter myself (and occasional photographer) I asked them what was wrong w/ the painters. She said....."Look, they would walk into that gallery and the Mona Lisa could be hanging on the wall, they didn't care. They would not even see it, just go right up to their painting, go get me, and snarl 'Why is MY piece hanging in this crummy location!"
You need that sort of one point focus to get anywhere in the arts. There's a LOT of competition and only so much wall space. The people that you mentioned probably had that sort of mind set. Ansel Adams did make some good instructional videos toward the end of his life, and others were mentors to other photographers, but that's different.
G Dogg
Established
One does not truly know everyone who visits this forum. One never fully knows who is behind their pseudonyms...do we?