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Dec. 7th, 2008 08:53 pmOf Audiences and Best Sellers by Alan Briot
"The most frequent objection I receive comes from participants who mention that they do not need an audience. They photograph for themselves, and are not trying to show their work to anyone else. They just want to become better so that they can enjoy creating better images and better prints.
Fair enough. After all, as I often say, this is a free country and we can and do whatever we please. The problem is that the same participants do bring prints that they want to receive comments and critique about during the group print review that is part of each workshop. At that time, they have to have an audience. That audience is the group of participants who are attending the workshop.
In other words, at the time that you show your work and ask for comments, an audience is necessary. Not wanting or needing an audience stops the minute you show your work to someone else. This is the very first boundary between audience and no audience. Until then, you are your own audience. Afterwards, your audience is also other people. If you do not want an audience, then you should not show your work to anyone else.
For most of us, this sounds ludicrous. In fact, it is hardly a possibility. We all want to show our work to others, even though “others” may be a relatively small group of friends and relatives. This shows that having an audience is an ineluctable aspect of doing photography or of engaging in an artistic endeavor."
"The most frequent objection I receive comes from participants who mention that they do not need an audience. They photograph for themselves, and are not trying to show their work to anyone else. They just want to become better so that they can enjoy creating better images and better prints.
Fair enough. After all, as I often say, this is a free country and we can and do whatever we please. The problem is that the same participants do bring prints that they want to receive comments and critique about during the group print review that is part of each workshop. At that time, they have to have an audience. That audience is the group of participants who are attending the workshop.
In other words, at the time that you show your work and ask for comments, an audience is necessary. Not wanting or needing an audience stops the minute you show your work to someone else. This is the very first boundary between audience and no audience. Until then, you are your own audience. Afterwards, your audience is also other people. If you do not want an audience, then you should not show your work to anyone else.
For most of us, this sounds ludicrous. In fact, it is hardly a possibility. We all want to show our work to others, even though “others” may be a relatively small group of friends and relatives. This shows that having an audience is an ineluctable aspect of doing photography or of engaging in an artistic endeavor."