After reading the introduction and part one of the book, I can tell this book is going to have a lot of insightful information. In the introduction, the author talks about people who call themselves photographers because they have an iPhone that takes amazing photos. In my opinion, I always find those types of people to annoy me, but I do admit, it's pretty interesting how far technology has come.
A section that stood out to me was on page five where the author discusses that when photographers start out, they "make work that roughly falls into the categories (people, landscape, nature), but over time as he or she becomes seriously interested in pursuing exhibitions and other fine art photography opportunities, the images become more concept-based" (pg. 5). I think that is very accurate and can say that when I first got my camera, those were the only things I took photos of. I never thought about taking photos that had a lot of concept.
I like the advice that Paula Tognerelli gives in her section on page seven. She first talks about the advice given to her as a child which was "look under stones" (pg. 7) which I feel like is very important advice. She also advises to not be afraid of making mistakes which I feel like most people do. I've learned that some mistakes can be good.
Good point about the categories vs concepts. I know I felt that way when I first started photographing. I wanted to be a portrait photographer, and thats what I stuck to. Now, not so much. I like thinking outside the box and incorporating different subject matters to tell one story.
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