At some stage, all photographers arrive at the point where they define their work. This is a crucial part of the photographic process: “This is what I’m doing here, this is what it’s all about, this is how I’m doing it.” In the fine-art context, this is known as the artist’s statement. It’s very worthwhile to talk about statements in more detail, especially since there are quite a few pitfalls to be aware of.
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This post continues my lose thread of posts on portfolio reviews. Just like in the first part, I got input from a variety of people. If there are further contributions, I’ll add them here. I’m also going to have an (upcoming) post with input from the photographers’ side (for that post, I need “data” - so send me something, sticking to the format used below and in the first post!).
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A recent post about “scams” in photography by Rob Haggart resulted in a lot of discussion. While most of it concerned competitions, I also came across some comments about portfolio reviews that I thought needed to get addressed. (Updated - twice - below; further updates will be in separate post)
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