“ That sort of assessment comes from the antiquated notion that it takes decades of experience to earn your stripes and become a “real” something in one industry or another. Often, any significant accomplishment by a young person is discounted as luck and not talent. There are resources, more so now than ever before, for creating your own opportunities, in lieu of hopping on the coattails of another, then clawing your way to the top. The people who went that route won’t know how to categorize you, so they’ll awkwardly try to write you off as playing photographer, not “real.” We all know they’re wrong.
molly.caitlin reblogged
Hi, I am Mareen, a then 23-year-old female photographer from Germany.
This tumblelog started with a question I raised in my personal tumblelog in 2007.
The idea is:
I would like to know why people feel the need to compare me to "real" photographers. Comparing not in the sense of style or something, but as a different demographic (like, 35+ and male).
Just want to save the answers and think about it.
I have had several encounters where clients treated me like a child or thought I was the know-it-all intern of Mareen Fischinger.
So far, everyone here is stating the problem. Need to find a solution. Because letting your work speak for itself only works when the people you are supposed to deal with know it. But then it works really well! :)
More email or repost responses welcome. I will post them here. myfirstname.fischinger @ google’s email service
