Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

I know I'll regret this but I just can't let this pass.

For some odd reason, I have far, far greater affinity to the drugstore
snapshots of my dearly departed dog that are lovingly displayed via framed
glass and cutesy frig magnets than any deftly illuminated, glycerine
spritzed, $75 per-hand-made plexi ice cubed, pricey duratrans image of a
freakin' wine cooler.

And you claim to be an arbiter and benchmark of creative success??

Give me a break!

The vacation pictures that you refer to as "mediocre, shitty, drippy, etc"
are extremely real and meaningful to those who created them and serve a far,
far more important purpose than the relentless, socially irresponsible,
culturally erosive visual blight produced by money grubbing and mindless
commercial studios and ad agencies that end up clogging our minds, arteries
and landfills.

Talk about wasted band width?!?

Can't remember the last time I was moved by a POP display of an icy can of
Mountain Dew or backlit Duratrans of cheesy nachos. (Wait, the photo at my
local Jack&DaBox of the new ciabatta chicken .......)

From another "monkey" who will continue to snap massive numbers of photos of
my aging mother, cute little granddaughter, upcoming vacation and whatever
the hell I feel like taking.

ciao,

-- rm



www.richardmurai.com
http://www.hawaii.edu/mjournal/text/issues/descriptions/cambodia04.html


> I have never, ever reffered to my work as "superior" and never will. I am a
> very good, and very competent commercial photographer. If you were in
> Canada, you could look at any place served by Cara (largest food service
> company in the country), my images are there, do you drink wine coolers? I
> have shot a large amount of headers and POP cards for Seagrams, in years
> past I shot most of the catalogues for Hagen (pet products . . . hated the
> work, but it paid well) . . . read medical trade rags? Boehringer Mannheim,
> my trade ads, me doing the manuals, Pepsico, fridge headers and dispensing
> machine headers. Virtually every major fast food franchise on the east coast
> of Canada has my imagery . . . numerous trade and editorial pages and covers
> . . . all commercial work, but you know what? I am 51, and semi-retired . .
> . I work when I want and for whom I want . . . and ALL of that effort allows
> me now to pursue what I want to do (I forgot to mention in my previous lines
> . . . I don't owe a cent for anything, not the house, the car, my 3
> daughters university, NOTHING, it is all paid . . . discipline and
> intelligent management, thank you).
> 
> I don't maintain a web site as I don't want to involve myself with an
> obligation that I feel is unnecessary. I have a co-ordinator/assistant who
> pushes me for it, but she, nor I, want to be bothered about the extra
> hassle. I have been looking/talking, and there is a "trial balloon", but as
> I said, I don't need it . . .
> 
>> Where may we view your superior work?
> 
> by the way, what a comment from a monkey.
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