The Photographer’s Unfair Advantage?

Play this “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” – The Animals

Every click of the shutter is a moment shared between three people: The subject, the photographer, and ultimately the viewer. Every party in this exchange must give up something. Is the transaction mutually beneficial? Should it be? I suspect that every deal has a winner and a loser. Yes, every deal. In most cases, if you’re on the wrong end, it’s just a matter of how you can mitigate your loss, or use that loss to balance a strength in some other deal so that you come out ahead in the long run. The best deals do end up being mutually beneficial over time.

I think that the common photographic interaction is unfairly balanced in favor of the photographer. Because of this, I need to be prepared to sacrifice more. Only then will there be a balanced and harmonious end result.

And, I need to develop this thought a bit more.

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2 Responses

1. Raquel says:

   4 December, 2008 at 5:28 pm

   yes, please elaborate.

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2. jenn says:

   13 December, 2008 at 2:52 am

   hey i recognize this place! colorado blvd old town pasadena! hi mick!

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