What they want, what we want. Architecture's very own dilemma, source of multiple disillusions. A photographer has to earn a living. Then he's forced to do weddings, commercial shots, etc. After this, does the energy, desire, and a clear mind still exist to do what one really wants? I guess some people come to mind: Annie Leibowitz, for example, whose commission shots manage to retain the artistic part of it.
I've been with professional photographers side by side (in the fashion show they let me shoot). Their shots? Frankly, boring. Completely conventional. The designer looked at mine and ask me if he could use them for some promotional postcards. I said, "sure", as long as he gives me credit (or maybe a suit or two). But, he didn't call me after that. Their cameras were, of course, all Pro, but I don't know if they belonged to them or to the magazines and newspapers. It hurts like hell when one's own equipment gets broken.
It's a world out there, isn't it? And we sometimes feel as if we've only scratched the surface.
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