Wired Article: i-love-photography/

[jsrockit]

Hmmm, what dio you guys think? Sounds a bit like RFF at times... 😉

"There is a percentage of photographers who hate photography. They do not appreciate photography. They do not consume photography. They don’t look at photo books or photo magazines. They hate the guy with the iPhone taking Instagram shots. They hate the guy who just bought the D4 because they don’t have one. They hate people using digital because film is what real artists use. They hate photographers who embrace social media because images should stand on their own.

They hate Getty, Corbis, the AP, day rates, photo editors, assistants, rental houses, camera stores, point-and-shoots, iPads, zoom lenses, padded camera straps, wheeled suitcases, younger photographers, older photographers. The photo of so-and-so on the cover of whatever it’s called sucks. That guy copied the other guy, he sucks. Terry Richardson sucks. Chuck Close sucks. Vincent Laforet hasn’t taken a still in 17 years. Kodak hasn’t been managed well since the 70s. Blah, blah, blah."

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/02/rant-i-love-photography/

 

[finguanzo]

Its only an article if it was written in ink....... 😀

 

[paulfish4570]

that is one of the best columns of any genre i have ever read; that it is about my earthly passion (photography) makes it even better.
thank you so much for the link.

 

[Paddy C]

I like it. Thanks for posting that.

 

[jsrockit]

Its only an article if it was written in ink....... 😀

Perhaps it'll make it to the printed version...

 

[regularchickens]

That was nice and inspirational, but you know, it's okay to not like things.

 

[PrecisionCamera]

Thank you! That just completely made my day. Kudos to this post, one of the more uplifting ones I've seen on RFF!

 

[jsrockit]

Yep RC, that's right for sure... I don't like a lot of things. Photography isn't one of them though. It's one of the few positive things in my life that I can really get excited about. That's why I found the article interesting. Well, that and the fact that I felt he summed up the negativity (at times) of RFF (and probably any other forum) pretty well too.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Great article, thanks.

Todd

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

that is one of the best columns of any genre i have ever read; that it is about my earthly passion (photography) makes it even better.
thank you so much for the link.

Second Paul's comments. Great images and short, to the point, comments.

 

[GaryLH]

Thanks for posting the article link. I like it.
Gary

 

[petronius]

Thank you very much for the link. A great article!

 

[rdeleskie]

Great article. I see as much love for photography here on RFF as rants against whatever. There are disagreements of course. Sometimes because people are cynical and bored, perhaps: other times they result from people's passionate obsession with their favourite hobby. their craft, their calling, their profession. The article is a nice reminder of the simple pleasure people get from looking at, appreciating and taking pictures. Something to remember next time things get too heated here, or on some other internet forum.

 

[HLing]

Thanks for the link!

I like this guy's style.

 

[shadowfox]

My reaction after reading that is: "Uh.. ok, so...?"

 

[kbg32]

Excellent......

 

[kbg32]

My reaction after reading that is: "Uh.. ok, so...?"

Maybe you should re-read it...... slowly.......

 

[gavinlg]

I agree with the article. I'm glad to see this sort of stuff. Some days I think the internet and the ability to publish our opinion on ANYTHING has made us all whiney little bitches. The chicken photo comment is especially hilarious.

 

[celluloidprop]

Bad photography can be frustrating - and I don't just mean Flickr/etc., there's some legitimately bad photography in major magazines (usually advertisements). In the modern era, we're so inundated with images that it's easy to get pissy about the smallest things.

The article reminds me of David Foster Wallace's commencement speech at Kenyon College that was getting passed around after his suicide - you can let that pissiness be your default attitude toward the world, or you can consciously force yourself to be more open.

(I don't like Terry Richardson, but that's because I've heard some shady things about him and female models who aren't famous.)

 

[Richard G]

I liked it. My favourite sentence was the one about the whatever it was on the cover of whatever it's called. But most importantly the article is a counter to the notion that there can be too many photographs and so many are poor quality. Who cares? Maybe everyone will become on average a better photographer than everyone was 20 years ago - following on from the statement of HC-B's that your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. And apart from server heat, CO2 and landfill these photographs don't cost much. His teenager's love struck tone and his commercial interest, I can look past them.

My children's first photographs were with a phone. Both photos stunned me. Where else would I have seen the hundred fine photographers on this forum. Looks Like I love photogrpahy.