Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/03

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Subject: [Leica] Nan Goldin
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 10:49:02 -0700
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On Apr 2, 2014, at 8:39 PM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at 
icloud.com> wrote:

> 
> On Apr 2, 2014, at 12:58 AM, Susan Ryan wrote:
> 
>> Can someone christen me an "important artiste"? I just emptied the local 
>> Babies R Us and could use the dough. Plus it sure would make life easier 
>> to just publish some random crap from my LR catalog so I can cuddle my 
>> new grand baby 24/7 instead of trying to improve my photography. 
> 
> You need to:
> "show" in the right venues
> and
> "talk" to the right people
> 
> "showing and talking" to the right galleries
> "showing and talking" to the right art publications
> "showing and talking" to the right museums



and Nan?


s



> 
> those that find success as artists
> put as much effort into making sure the right people
> talk about your work
> show your work
> 
> Keeping that dialogue alive
> takes an enormous amount of time and effort.
> 
> Very, very few careers simply take off
> because someone "discovered" their photographs,
> drawings, paintings, sculpture, music.
> 
> Like it or not Nan has paid her dues
> by being in the right places, with the right people,
> at the right times, with the right images,
> as they relate to the history of photography
> and its appearance within the Contemporary Art Scene
> 
> which is a different scene
> than the Exhibition Photography Scene
> 
> If interested in this type of work
> we must discuss the difference between
> artists who use photography
> photographers who make art
> and other very real differentiations.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Nan Goldin)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Nan Goldin)
Message from skalte at icloud.com (Susan Ryan) ([Leica] Nan Goldin)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Nan Goldin)