Forum: Photography


Subject: only compliments allowed ?

fanof3d opened this issue on Oct 24, 2002 ยท 21 posts


Wolfsnap posted Sun, 27 October 2002 at 3:41 AM

"Photo editor's walls are covered with prints that were never published in their magazines"...a little thought I keep in mind whenever I submit photos to any magazine. The idea is, photos have a purpose - and that purpose depends on the viewer - whether a buyer, or just someone looking at it. There's no telling why someone will like or dislike a particular photo - it could be a beaautiful abstract shot of apple sauce..and the viewer may have some sort of horrible childhood experience with apple sauce...so he's gonna HATE your photo. Bottom line - you will never find ANY photograph that EVERYONE loves....I've heard of people who (get this) DON'T LIKE Ansel Adams work...?!?!