Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography 
<skid@b...> wrote:
Ask any artist who has been represented by a gallery or 
dealer...They 'sell'
> branding.  Should he or she tell their dealer that they are 
changing artistic directions, and the dealers
> absolutely *panic*.


Don't you know, secretly, very secretly, that William Wegman is 
just sick of carting around those damn dogs... Don't you just 
know that he panics at the thought of having to do new work; 
loading them up again in the stationwagon, buying the dog 
clothes, getting the doggie downers down their throats, etc.

Can you imagine how restricting that would be? "Can I just shoot 
a non-dog picture for a change...?" 

The guy's probably made a mint by now, (and I'd personally say 
that he's ready for a change), but I wonder if he really loves it, or if 
he's just milking it.

It's fresh on my mind because he was featured this morning on 
"Sunday Morning", about a new book called something like "A 
Sense of Place". And you know he always gets the TV coverage, 
because dogs always make good TV, and even better if they're in 
human clothing.

I'm not slamming him, but it crossed my mind this morning while 
watching that if he's kinda "in a rut", if you know what I mean...

-MT