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Na blogu Christiana Pattersona znalazłem właśnie bardzo ciekawą listę porad dla młodych fotografów --> co robić, a czego NIE robić, żeby zostać uznanym fotografem. Moim zdaniem dzięki, zaznaczonym tu strzałkami, uwagom dodanym przez samego Pattersona (oryginalna lista nie została stworzona przez niego...), tekst ten jest nieocenionym kompendium wiedzy dla wszystkich fotografujących.

Mam nadzieję, że nikt nie pozwie mnie do sądu za skopiowanie go do tego bloga.

Advice for Young Photographers:

Do something old in a new way.

Do something new in an old way.

Do something new in a new way. Whatever works, works.

Do it sharp—if you can’t, call it art.

--> I’d like to do something sharp AND call it art.

Do fifty of them—you definitely will get a show.

--> Even if they are sock monkeys.

Do it big—if you can’t do it big, do it red.

--> If logic follows, I can go big AND red, right? What about shiny?

If you don’t know what to do, look up, or down—but continue looking.

--> Look anywhere you damn well please. Look everywhere.

Do celebrities—if you do a lot of them you’ll get a book.

--> Is he talking about what I think he’s talking about?

Edit it yourself.

--> Learn how to edit. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Design it yourself.

--> Not all photographers are designers.

Publish it yourself.

--> Start saving your money now, if you can.

Read Darwin, Marx, Freud, Einstein, Benjamin, McLuhan, and Barthes.

Construct your images from the edges inward.

If it’s the “real world,” do it in color.

--> If you do it in color, it becomes more real.

If it can be done digitally, do it.

--> Nevermind tonal continuity and depth, archival permanence, etc.

Be self-centered, self-involved, and generally entitled and always pushing—and damned to hell for doing it.

--> You’ll fit right in.

Don’t do it about yourself, your friend, or your family.

--> This advice does not make sense (insert numerous successful examples to the contrary here).

Don’t dare photograph yourself nude.

--> Clearly the Europeans haven’t heard this one. A copy of Camera Austria without cock and balls is like spaghetti without meatballs…Oh, that’s a terribly fitting analogy.

Don’t look at old family albums.

--> This advice does not make sense. Vernacular photography informs and inspires artful vernacular photography.

Don’t hand-color it.

Don’t write on it.

--> Paging Mr. Frank…

Don’t use alternative processes—if it ain’t straight, do it in the computer.

Don’t gild the lily—a.k.a, less is more.

--> I’ll be damned, he is talking about sex, isn’t he?

Don’t photograph indigent people—especially in foreign lands.

--> Paging Mr. Salgado…

Don’t whine, just produce.

--> Don’t make long lists either. It makes you seem whiny.

-->My own advice to a young photographer would include (among other things):

Do, do, do. Just do it. Shoot.

Do edit your work. Then edit it again.

Don’t be afraid to think big and aim high.

Do think long-term. Don’t be in a hurry.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

And don’t forget it’s a very small world.

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WHAT WOULD YOU PUT ON YOUR LIST OF DOS AND DON’TS?