Comments on: Of Marathons http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/photography/of-marathons/ @ robertwrightphoto.com Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/photography/of-marathons/comment-page-1/#comment-5921 Mike Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:11:25 +0000 http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/?p=528#comment-5921 I have been at this photography thing for over 30 years now. I've only ever made my living as a photographer, some times a good living, while struggling at other times. I have never felt that I reached a place that smacks of having made it. With a bit of hindsight though, I realized that I have stayed in the game. Throughout these past years, I never lost my passion for personal work. If I do have anything to leave behind, this is it. But this work gets done only if I pursue it with discipline and persistence. The images I make for myself are my true work, and I take as much responsibility for that as I do for my paid work. In the end, if the work does not get done I have no one to blame but myself. A career in photography is a marathon that lasts your whole life, if you want it to. I have been at this photography thing for over 30 years now. I’ve only ever made my living as a photographer, some times a good living, while struggling at other times. I have never felt that I reached a place that smacks of having made it. With a bit of hindsight though, I realized that I have stayed in the game.

Throughout these past years, I never lost my passion for personal work. If I do have anything to leave behind, this is it. But this work gets done only if I pursue it with discipline and persistence. The images I make for myself are my true work, and I take as much responsibility for that as I do for my paid work.

In the end, if the work does not get done I have no one to blame but myself. A career in photography is a marathon that lasts your whole life, if you want it to.

]]> By: andy http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/photography/of-marathons/comment-page-1/#comment-5904 andy Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:08:13 +0000 http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/?p=528#comment-5904 Thank you for writing this. You have helped clarify things for me. There is no "it" moment and how could there be? Photography is an art, open to interpretation, subject to accident. What's praised today, is hated tomorrow and only thought great 100 years from now. You think of recognition, and even if millions of dollars came your way, and you were called "the greatest", in the end, only the integrity you have gives any sense of peace or satisfaction. Thank you for writing this. You have helped clarify things for me. There is no “it” moment and how could there be? Photography is an art, open to interpretation, subject to accident. What’s praised today, is hated tomorrow and only thought great 100 years from now. You think of recognition, and even if millions of dollars came your way, and you were called “the greatest”, in the end, only the integrity you have gives any sense of peace or satisfaction.

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