10 rules from Martin Parr

Ed Sutton

Ed Sutton

Suspended / Banned
Messages
8,556
Name
Dave
Edit My Images
No
"Acknowledge you will mainly take failures" (y)
 
All in all, pretty good advice IMO.
 
"Don't wish you could be a famous photographer" reminded me of something a fashion tutor said to me recently about many of her current students having a similar fantasy / preoccupation. I wonder if this is a symptom of the social media age, that's more to do with posing rather than getting down to work?
 
droj said:
"Don't wish you could be a famous photographer" reminded me of something a fashion tutor said to me recently about many of her current students having a similar fantasy / preoccupation. I wonder if this is a symptom of the social media age, that's more to do with posing rather than getting down to work?
Click to expand...
This is from 2010, from a poll of 16 year olds from the UK

"Asked the question "What would you like to do for your career?", some 54 per cent answered "Become a celebrity"."

Fame the career choice for half of 16-year-olds

More than half of teenagers do not want a career - they just want to be famous, a survey found today.
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
 
Well some of us probably get stuck part way out ...
 
myotis said:
This is from 2010, from a poll of 16 year olds from the UK

"Asked the question "What would you like to do for your career?", some 54 per cent answered "Become a celebrity"."
Click to expand...
I think that goes back to, at least, the 1960s.

Does anyone else remember the film "Blowup" and its comedic, distant cousin, "Smashing Time"?
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
I think that goes back to, at least, the 1960s.

Does anyone else remember the film "Blowup" and its comedic, distant cousin, "Smashing Time"?
Click to expand...
I think I've seen more recent polls where becoming an influencer is now the favoured career.
 
Last edited:
As in making lots of money for doing (and being!) very little ...?
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top