Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Bruce. I would agree with your definition when applied to other professions but not to photography. Most Freelancers regularly do it for nothing for the clips, the future portfolio, the ringside seat.=20 Nothing wrong with this. Sort of an unpaid internship, but in my opinion, there are so many candidates trying to get to this first base that management can live off the endless turnaround. Hence no money, hence no Leica, The plutocrats of photography are in advertising and they dont buy 35mm. =20 Alan Hull - ---------- > Fr=E5n: Bruce Feist=20 > Hello, Alan and other Leicaphiles; > My usual definition of a 'professional' is someone who does something even when they don't want to. Adapting this to photographers, I suppose that a professional photographer is one who takes > photos even when they don't want to. How's that? (I'm afraid it doesn't tie in well to your concept of many working professionals not being able to afford Leica systems, though!) =20