Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is an unending argument - I have two (not one but two) cousins who are publishers, and they are both interested in looking at a book by me, but if I ever do a book it will be on Blurb, mainly for ease of distribution. There is no difference between the two, except in who pockets the profits. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >