Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V. 
Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> jnhugo wrote:
> 
> > Doing commercial work lessens your -
> >non $$- value regardless if you think are an artiste or not.
> >  
> >
> 
> Care to explain whatever this is supposed to mean?
> 
 this means that I believe commercial work is bad for an artists 
personal growth as an artist. It is the most common mistake we all 
make in our society: to equate $$ value with our worth as a human or 
in this case an artist. I tell any young photographer that loves 
photography as an art form to stay clear of commercial work. 
Commercial work requires an extreme amount of comprise in creative 
decision making and anyone who thinks they maintain "creative 
integrity" 
while making beautiful shoots of dog food is fooling themselves. And 
then the big bucks come rolling in and we all celebrate what 
wonderful artist we are... if commercial work is so creative-why 
does it all look the same?
By the way I think being an Art Photographer poses the same risk-
it is difficult to maintain artistic integrity in the face of a 
sucessful schtick. Isn't it weird when all the big name photogs 
resort to soft focus b/w images of flowers?