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Author Topic: Pro vs. Amateur  (Read 4121 times)

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eendicott

« on: December 04, 2006, 13:55 »
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In light of the new iStock announcement, and the article our friends at Lucky Oliver have provided, I ran across this article which should spark a little bit of activity on the forum.  I'm not sure the gloves are off at this point, but the article certainly stings a little bit...

http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-pro-am.htm


« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2006, 15:04 »
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In light of the new iStock announcement, and the article our friends at Lucky Oliver have provided, I ran across this article which should spark a little bit of activity on the forum.  I'm not sure the gloves are off at this point, but the article certainly stings a little bit...

http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-pro-am.htm


I think that the author is confusing a few issues:

1. It is normal convention to call someone a professional once they start making money.

2. There are various levels of professionals.  You shouldn't compare a rookie to Ansel Adams.

3. There are also artists vs. professionals.  A person could just be an artist (that doesn't make money), a professional (that doesn't really create any "art"), or both (a person that creates art and makes money from it).

So while I don't necessarily agree with all of Bryan's predictions, I don't have any problems with his statement about professionals vs. amateurs.

« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2006, 15:08 »
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« Last Edit: December 04, 2006, 21:57 by SStevenson »


 

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