[Leica] Nathan's Book List

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Sorry Ric but when you're in the presence of a published artist, a published
photographer, a published poet....
Its not just hack with a camera you compare lens caps quotes with;
You ask them for an autograph and act in a reverent manner.

This would be a person who is a master of what he or she does;
More importantly a recognized master.
Find out what cereal they had that morning and put it on your laundry list.
If they are wearing blue socks put that on the list too; if you are wearing
black.
And importantly let them do most of the talking. And listen.

Rush out and get their book and have them sign THAT not a napkin.



Mark William Rabiner

And ask them where the hell their UV filter is. Don't they understand the
value of modern gear and how delicate the coatings are?



> From: Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:34:36 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's Book List
> 
> So the value of art and skill of the artist is to be judged by who
> paid for the initial production
> 
> A patron stocking a warehouse gives greater value to the object.
> 
> No doubt the model has worked that way for generations. What makes
> this discussion clumsy is being part of a transitional generation. We
> have experience with the old way of judging--finding a someone willing
> to pay the cost of publication was the first cut in defining excellence.
> 
> That is changing now--and will change even more in the immediate future.
> 
> Soon we may stop asking painters who bought their paint for them.
> Perhaps we will honor them more if the McArthur Foundation buys their
> paint, but they will not produce better at or be better artists for
> the distinction.
> 
> Best art is not always award winning and vice versa. Perhaps the
> "vanity press" epithet will give way as the publishing world changes
> with the time.
> 
> We give more credence to bloggers paid by the New York Times than
> those who blog on their own. Often, it is deserved, but not
> necessarily so. It is a feather in their hat , but not the final
> judgement on the worth of their words.
> 
> Ric Carter