Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wonder if it was ever possible to make a living as an independent documentary photographer - my guess is that it was not. It was one thing to be a Life or Look staffer - but as an independent? On 5/31/05 7:59 PM, "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: > Slobodan - > > The interview was very interesting. It seems that even someone as famous > as Mary Ellen Mark has problems making a living doing documentary > photography. She has to depend on movie consultations and print > sales. It's both discouraging and encouraging at the same time. She > mentioned that there are no "Life" Magazines or any other magazines > currently featuring photographers' documentary work. There was a letter in > our Charlotte Observer asking them to take out the Friday "Life Magazine" > insert. They said that the original "Life" contained interesting > documentary photographs of ordinary life that we didn't have the > opportunity to see otherwise; but the current insert is focused on > celebrities and their lives which have nothing to do with ordinary life and > which we have plenty of other opportunities to see on almost every > television channel, magazine and newspaper. I totally agree. > > Tina > > At 07:44 PM 5/31/2005, you wrote: >> One of my very, very favorite photographers. A seminal portraitist >> who taught the rest of us that a wide angle lens could >> also be a portrait lens. In her case, notably the 60mm Distagon. >> Bob Salomon, formerly of HP Marketing, once told me she was a Rollei >> photographer. I still find that hard to believe. >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> http://sdimitrovphoto.com >> >> >> >> On May 31, 2005, at 8:31 AM, bill h wrote: >> >>> On radio right now and on line, repeated tonight, I think. >>> >>> http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2005/05/20050531_b_main.asp >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.workbookstock.com > http://www.newscom.com > http://www.americanphotojournalist.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information