When I was in undergrad and grad school I would get a kick out of seeing someone sign up for a gut course [back then student speak for a easy class] to discover that that they had committed themselves to a lot of work just to survive the class.
We ran two to three beginning photo classes a quarter, 24 students each. Mostly non-art majors looking for an easy fun non-academic class...and they had their Dad's old camera. Little did they know the work required and that they were trapped an art-based program where technique serves the art, and good craft will just get you a passing grade. The darkroom on the evenings before critiques was nuts. Our three beginning classes filtered into two intermediate classes per quarter -- and that into one advanced class per quarter where the art majors usually out-numbered the non-art majors (like me). And always interesting to have non-photo art majors take photo classes -- great for taking their images out of that tight and tidy little rectangle.
A better question might be, does the artist use photography?
A better question might be, does the artist use photography?
I don't believe photography is an "art", but a craft.
Even a cell phone photog can be an artist.
I don't believe photography is an "art", but a craft.
Should the question can an artist be a photographer?
What if your job description and your tax id labels you as such?
I don't believe photography is an "art", but a craft.
AWESOME.................100% AWESOME...!!!!I'm amazed that so many think that to be considered an artist is some sort of honorific. To rework a quote from Jacques Seguela, "don't tell my mother I'm an artist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a brothel."
If the viewer thinks it's art because it affects them emotionally or spiritually, then it's art. It has nothing to do with the maker of it.
I studied at The School of Visual Arts, NYC.
Commercial art and photography; I am a 'Visual Artist'
(my transcripts say so) .. yes, photographers can be artists, but I know photographers that are technicians only; it's just a job for a paycheck.
I was falling into a similar scenario years ago when I started to identify with a Xerox machine! It was time for a reboot. Glad I walked away when I did.
Nothing fun about carrying around a Xerox machine, at least for me.
An artist to me is one that creates, practises or performs any of the creative arts. Either as a profession or a hobby.
Anyone can call themselves an artist. It is up to their audience to decide if they like their contributions or not.
Even if they are not a 'popular' artist, to me, they are still an artist if they meet the definition above.
What if your job description and your tax id labels you as such?
An artist to me is one that creates, practises or performs any of the creative arts. Either as a profession or a hobby.
Anyone can call themselves an artist. It is up to their audience to decide if they like their contributions or not.
Even if they are not a 'popular' artist, to me, they are still an artist if they meet the definition above.
If the viewer thinks it's art because it affects them emotionally or spiritually, then it's art. It has nothing to do with the maker of it.
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