the very nature of Magnum would prevent any Magnum photographer from telling any other Magnum photographer to “put the camera down” for any reason whatsoever…by the way, i really DID listen for most of the meeting!!!

cheers, david

Maybe this is more about how said I am than anything else, but I would *love* to see more Magnum “business meeting” photos.

Believe it or not, I often run a search on the Magnum website for “Magnum AGM” just to look (yet again!) at the many pictures of the mythical creatures…scratching their heads or yawning or photographing each other or dozing-off or — in some cases! — paying raptor-like attention to some procedural point that they want to go their way… Endlessly fascinating, for some reason.

Just out of interest, David, does anyone ever say, “For God’s sake, put the camera down and listen!” or “Enough, already, you photographed me every meeting we have!”

regards–
alun

i just read all of your posts….as usual , very very interesting stuff….this is so much fun for me (and i hope for you too) to discuss these little everyday nuances…it should be pretty obvious by now that i have zero editorial “plan”..i have no clue from day to day what i will post…it is basically just based on whatever direction i happen to be looking at the time or at whatever bus is about to run over me….and you!!

now you probably also have figured out that my recent travel schedule would leave even the toughest among us just a bit fatigued…such is the case with me tonight….so i will not comment to each of you as i often try to do…i have to make sure i catch the flight early tomorrow morning to go see my mother and the rest of my family in colorado….so, off to bed i go…

again, my heartfelt thanks to all of you for paying attention and contributing so thoughtfully…

cheers, david

I think I copy&pasted my comment several times… Even rebooting the system to get a new IP. Then trying it again. So if David releases all of my tentatives, then trully I would have caused SPAM!
;-)
Signing off now. Got to get going.
Stay safe and happy everyone. Until soon, I hope,
Lassal

the Good Man Harvey will have to release the posts in order for them to appear….

just a hint about my post (that was turn-keyed as a “spam”)

it concerned (at least at the end) eugene richards ;)))

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Sorry to hear that you have to sit in the board room and listen to talks and look at graphs and charts. Too bad it is chilly in Paris. I just returned from a week in Paris, (my first time there) and really loved the place. Despite the more or less continuous rain, I was able to shot and explore lots. The Barbes market is a real gem for shooting, and ppl observing. Enjoy the last days in Paris, and wish you a wonderful and peaceful Xmas, and a prosperous new year.

Peace,
Jarle

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Panos, absolutely I agree with you as well. The truly great artists will always make significant work and will force the movements to bend towards them, they create the color pallet that people try to emulate, they move the market place. Those artists are rare, but they are alive and well – see Paul Thomas Anderson, Julian Schnabel (his new film not his paintings), Gus Van Sant, Bob Dylan….

Also agree with Panos when he says…stop talking and go out and SHOOT – touche’.

In other words: would a person REALLY change their art in order to sell more or just go for it regardless if it sells or not?

By the way: even van Gogh tried (pretty hard) to adjust in order to sell. He just did not manage to do so…

Does the expectation of money corrupt a soul or not?
It is an idividual thing, and it depends on so many aspects … Like the specific situation someone is in and how much really he/she believes in what he/she is doing… Sometimes great people do lack selfconfidence.

Some of those, who just go for it regardless of the outcome, might get lucky and actually sell what they stand for and earn their living through it (or more even). Maybe they are at the right place at the right time? And maybe not. van Gogh was too early. But others were not. It is not necessarily so that you have to be poor just because you do not go for compromises. And it is not necessarily so that you get rich because you compromise.

You might sell yourself and end up with nothing or the other way around. There are examples for everything.

So we might still get lucky ;-)
It is just over when it is over. Until then: the game is on!
I think this is a very comforting thought. Don’t you?

“He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.”–
Socrates

“Dad, why do you let shit bother you. It’s not that important…”-Dima Black

i just returned to new york an hour ago…i have a bit of scrambling to do around my office this afternoon, but i will read all of your comments soonest and reply…

cheers, david