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About Me Member Experimental Photographer renaataFemale/Brazil Recent Activity Deviant for 1 Year
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amateur or professional?

Mon Oct 12, 2009, 2:03 PM
"Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of classing supposedly excellent work as professional, and using the term amateur to convey the idea of immature productions and to excuse atrociously poor photographs. As a matter of fact nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who are following photography for the love of it, and not merely for financial reasons. As the name implies, an amateur is one who works for love; and viewed in this light the incorrectness of the popular classification is readily apparent."

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"Permitam-me chamar a atenção para um dos mais freqüentes erros que se comete quando se trata de fotografia: o erro de se classificar trabalhos de alto nível como profissionais, e usar o termo amador para transmitir a idéia de produção imatura e para desculpar fotografias pobres e detestáveis. Na realidade, quase todos os trabalhos de alto nível estão sendo feitos — sempre foram feitos — por aqueles que estão seguindo seu amor pela fotografia, e não meramente por razões financeiras. Como o nome subentende, o amador é aquele que trabalha por amor; e visto sob este ângulo, o erro da classificação popular fica totalmente aparente."


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