My first thought was thinking of every legendary street photographer that first came to mind ... This summer I was taking a short drive with a photographer friend I hadn't seen in a while. She's been pretty successful it seems in commercial world, at least from where I'm standing, and we spent the whole trip talking about our ADHD diagnosis's. I don't think it's a prerequisite by any means, but I think it's fun to think that some neurodivergence would drive someone to be a wallflower and observe and take pictures, or be bold and get the shot, or spot something out of the corner of their eye, or hone in on a scene developing in a crowd, onstage, in the field, or from a model etc. And don't get me started on editing, why it has to feel just right. It's a big long fraught conversation about "normals" and "people in the arts" and taste and those without taste and so on. But its interesting that the proliferation of "good cameras" of "high quality" images and how to share them doesn't mean more photography ( at least relative to the amount of phones with capable cameras). Like if everyone in the 70's that got a landline was also given a k1000 and a roll of film a month forever and every year they were upgraded and there was a ATT/ Bell Photo Gallery in every major city would it have meant more photographers or just more pictures? I guess my point is that access to the tool doesn't mean you automatically get more practitioners. You gotta have some weirdos that want to mess around and dedicate a lot of time and identity to something that just seems kind of neat to most people.
what makes me happy: photos. what makes everyone around me happy: reels of people showing how they hold a camera in their hand.
My first thought was thinking of every legendary street photographer that first came to mind ...
This summer I was taking a short drive with a photographer friend I hadn't seen in a while. She's been pretty successful it seems in commercial world, at least from where I'm standing, and we spent the whole trip talking about our ADHD diagnosis's.
I don't think it's a prerequisite by any means, but I think it's fun to think that some neurodivergence would drive someone to be a wallflower and observe and take pictures, or be bold and get the shot, or spot something out of the corner of their eye, or hone in on a scene developing in a crowd, onstage, in the field, or from a model etc. And don't get me started on editing, why it has to feel just right.
It's a big long fraught conversation about "normals" and "people in the arts" and taste and those without taste and so on. But its interesting that the proliferation of "good cameras" of "high quality" images and how to share them doesn't mean more photography ( at least relative to the amount of phones with capable cameras). Like if everyone in the 70's that got a landline was also given a k1000 and a roll of film a month forever and every year they were upgraded and there was a ATT/ Bell Photo Gallery in every major city would it have meant more photographers or just more pictures? I guess my point is that access to the tool doesn't mean you automatically get more practitioners. You gotta have some weirdos that want to mess around and dedicate a lot of time and identity to something that just seems kind of neat to most people.
Interesting thought experiment there Joseph. Thanks for writing. ✌️
Brilliant video. This is such an important thought, considering how easy it is for a very quirky person to fall into the comparison trap.
Compare yourself only to your previous self ✌️ Good luck Viktoria!
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PWHATSUP EVERYBODY 👏 hahaha there’s room for all of us
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Welcome! ✌️
i would really love to touch your mustache, ngl
First.👍🏻
You did it! 🥳
@ thanks! Lol
Couldn’t think of a better way to start my drive in the snow this morning than a new video playing through the speakers.🤷🏻♂️