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akjack wrote:Probably right about Newton. The trouble is with Art is that people only go with what others say is ART. Some would walk into a store selling velvet Elvis painting and Rembrant could be outside painting on the street. But if Rembrants name was Joe Schmo, no one would pay him any attention even if his work exceeded Rembrant. This is also why some with good marketing but poor or average photo skills may exceed in sales over a good photog with poor marketing and is why everyone strives to have a high tech web site (with their names in small type, you know that makes you look artistic) LOL Magazine articles that blow their skills completley out of proportion and braggin about "word of mouth" and how busy they are, when none of it is true.
But isn't that true of most fields of endeavour, not just photography? Suppose you are a scientific genius and come up with some brilliant invention capable of making the world a better place. On its own that wouldn't be any guarantee that you would get anywhere. You still have to persuade other people that the invention will work, that it's worth building, worth investing in, and ultimately worth buying. All of that means that you either need to have marketing/influencing skills that are quite separate from your inventing skills, or you need to team up with someone else with that ability.this is also why some with good marketing but poor or average photo skills may exceed in sales over a good photog with poor marketing
alangrant wrote:But isn't that true of most fields of endeavour, not just photography? Suppose you are a scientific genius and come up with some brilliant invention capable of making the world a better place. On its own that wouldn't be any guarantee that you would get anywhere. You still have to persuade other people that the invention will work, that it's worth building, worth investing in, and ultimately worth buying. All of that means that you either need to have marketing/influencing skills that are quite separate from your inventing skills, or you need to team up with someone else with that ability.this is also why some with good marketing but poor or average photo skills may exceed in sales over a good photog with poor marketing
It stands to reason that if you want to sell something, you'll do better if you have good selling skills. I don't think there is anything different about art in this context.
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