Why are you a professional photographer? What drove you to pick up a camera and keep it picked up? I interview a lot of photographers and this question is always foremost in my mind. The answers are as interesting and varied as the photographers. I bet the same goes for you.
I find it interesting that most photographers don’t have an easy, quick answer. Few photographers were driven to make images from a young age, and the paths they took to arrive in the world of professional image making seem to have a deep impact on the images they make.
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The standard “old fashioned” way of “making it” in professional photography—involving a lot of assisting, long-distance networking and a fair dose of luck—seems like Sisyphean nightmare from hell compared to the avenues available to today’s enterprising young photographers.
Fine art photographer Victoria Bjorklunk picked up a camera (digital) only a few years ago and she is already having great professional success with frequent exhibitions. And Bjorklund is certainly an impressive master of her specialty—B&W digital photography. She made this clear while providing expert guidance for my article “Going Black & White—The Easy Way” for the December/January 2008 issue of AfterCapture.
Oleg DOU is a Russian fine art photographer who proves that age is no obstacle to rapid international success. At only 25 the self-taught DOU has already won the Photographer of the Year award in the Continue reading “Younger and Younger Every Year”
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