Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The pressures on her must of been intense, as it still is for many women photographers. Carolyn Cole of the LA Times, a filthy rag of a paper that it is, mentioned the lack of jobs and slow promotions, once in, for women photographers. Serial monogamy is an approved life style, albeit the quality of life is dependent on what the two partners bring to the table. Slobodan Dimitrov bdcolen wrote: > I guess that's one way to look at it - another might be that being a > professional woman in those days was a real killer. Yes, there were the > exceptions who broke through, but by and large....So did she end up as > she did because her private life was a mess, or was her private life as > a mess due to her professional/artistic frustration. God knows there > have been countless successful men in the arts whose private lives were > "in disorder." > Gene Smith for one...But if "disorder" means having affairs and multiple > marriages, the question might be what male artist hasn't had them....;-) > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html