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