Some Photographic Myths

I liked reading this handout because it was very useful. A lot of the things I have thought about and knew but some I found hoard to believe. First off, myth number one was something we've disscussed in class about the photographer being his or her worst edititor. The story about W. Eugene Smith really was shocking to me and I guess was really proof that you can be great but just choose the wrong photos. Myth number 3 was something I never really head about and was kind of shocked. "Photographers are good printers". I guess I always thought that if your a photographer than you should know how to print, naturally. But reading into it, they said that people make it their professional career in printing and they do it all day everyday. And that photographers like Henri Cartier-Breson even got his negatives sent away for someone else to do it. I think overall it made me feel better that maybe I can't print so excellent but that's okay because I'll just send them out when I'm rich and famous. Haha