I sometimes refer to the amateur as one who shows you his/her mistakes.
Gregg
From: DORIS
> Here's a little excerpt(s) from a lecture Ansel Adams gave
> at George Eastman House, NY, in 1958. I think it is germane
> to this thread...
> [It was a great talk, and these out of context excerpts do not
> do it justice. The full text appeared in _The Camera Viewed_,
> 1959, edited by Peninah Petruck --- a great book, btw.]
>
> " Professional --- one who lives by his work. Amateur --- one who
> loves his work but does not necessarily live by it (some of our
> greatest artists have been amateurs). Hobbyist --- a do it yourself
> man, who has fun. Nothing serious intended. The dealers have fun, too."
>
>
> He goes on and on with the definitions of PJ, Illustrator,
> documentarian, and then he spends some time working up a new
> definition which he called "Photopoet", in which he placed
> the living photographer he revered the most: Edward Weston.
>
> *= Doris Fang =*
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