Re: [Leica] [leica] Beginning Pro

["Steven Blutter" <sblutter@earthlink.net>]

Her shots of the Fab 4 were great!  Great story!

- --Steven Blutter--
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From: Robert Beaudoin <bussbearm@cedep.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 5:07 PM
Subject: [Leica] [leica] Beginning Pro


>Bonjour Marshall et les autres,
>
>  I found your question very interesting and thought I would give you a
>different point of view.  When you take photographs of struggling young
>bands, you must also keep in mind the situation they are in. They very
often
>are on a  tight budget and cannot pay much.  I know, I was a drummer in one
>of those bands.  So it could very well be that they are in a situation
where
>every penny counts, it does not mean they do not value your work.  You
might
>want to remember Astrid Kirsherr s story.  She is a well known german
>photographer (she also used a black MP with Leicavit and possibly a  35 mm
>Summicron), in the early sixties she took numerous photographs of a
>struggling young rock and roll band in Hamburg. They were pennyless and
>strangers in a new city.  I believe they were from Liverpool.  Astrid never
>charged them anything for the photographs and developped a personal
>relashionship with them.  Her photographs were finally published
throughtout
>the world and she became very well known.  She never earned much money from
>her photos but she got worldwide recognition.  So in your evaluation of how
>much you should charge for your services,  you might want to consider the
>long term advantages of the simple distribution of your photos to aspiring
>new musicians.  You never know, they might call you back when they make it
>big.  Of course, you cannot do that every single time.  But once in a while
>be nice to pennyless musicians.  Not sure of that Liverpool band s name.
>
>Regards,
>
>Robert
>
>P.S.  Always keep the negatives.
>
>