Blue Springs - Textures III
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy
“I am a photographer”
Today we had our first meeting of the season at my local gallery. Beryl asked everyone to introduce themselves for the benefit of the new members, I, sitting to her left was first up;
“My name is Alan Norsworthy and I am a photographer” said I.
On down the table we went, each stating their name and what they do and what medium they work in.
There are four or five photographers represented by the gallery not one of them spoke of being a photographer, I found that profoundly interesting.
Was it because we photographers think of ourselves as second class citizens when in the company of 'true' artists?
Do we have an inferiority complex that stops us from standing up and admitting to the world that we are photographers we are and proud of it !
I know I don't. Maybe it's because I can, if I choose to, paint and draw, so really I do feel that I am amongst my peers but I still wonder why ....
So the next time you have to stand up and admit that you are a photographer remember the words of one of the masters of our craft
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man. ~Edward Steichen
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