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> Many artists did not "bloom" until their later years. Some. like
> Lartigue, had their hottest periods at an early age. Van Gogh's last two
> years were almost white-hot in terms of creativity. A similar thing
> happened to Atget as an older man. I am sure there's some genetic
> components involved in all this, but am confident a lot of it
> is learned, enough to make it worth anyone's while. It is about personal
> growth & evolution, and you can't go wrong by devoting yourself to
> any of the arts.
>
> whew, what a longie...
> Doris Fang
>
Doris, not to slight all the other great replies, but I think this one more
than
makes up for last week's rough ride!
I'm looking forward to more on this thread.
One personal observation: Recently I started filing my negs going back about 3
years. I then started adding to my original B/W neg collection from when I
first
started in 35mm with my Dad's OM-2 around 1981. It became quite evident that
I had become much more fluent in the language of photography, as witnessed
by a much higher percentage of technically correct shots.
But it also became evident that my vision, or ability to convey my feelings for
a
subject have not grown by nearly as much. One thing which constantly drives
me further are a few shots taken in my teens which I feel I have yet to improve
on, or in some cases, even equal. An interesting thing about these few photos:
in each case I have a perfect recollection of the scene - maybe this is a
result
of an emotional connection which resulted in the image?
A big part of this is simply time, or lack of it. 15 years ago, I could spend
4-5
hours shooting in the morning, then another 3-4 hours in the darkroom at night,
while the morning was still fresh in my mind. Now, I'm lucky if I can do this
much in sometimes in a month...
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