The Parable Of The Art Photographer
(Very vaguely inspired by an old Jewish story I heard many moons ago.)
A model was chatting to an art nude photographer friend of hers in a local coffee shop.
“Why is it that most of the good art nude photographers are always broke?” she asked. “In fact I don’t know any who actually make decent money from shooting art. Why is that? Are they just lousy businessmen?”
“Here take my camera for a moment,” replied the photographer. “Look through the lens. What do you see?”
“I see…a young couple kissing, a pretty young blonde waitress with big boobs who really should put on a bra, and an ugly wrinkly old guy with a dog who’s eyeing up the waitress.”
“Good!” said the photographer. “You see Life. Now put down the camera, get out your make-up powder compact from your purse. Open it and look in the mirror. What do you see?”
“I see myself.”
“Now you see,” said the photographer. “The lens is made of glass and the mirror is made of glass. You only need to put a little silver at the back of it, and immediately you only see yourself.”
Iveta
A model was chatting to an art nude photographer friend of hers in a local coffee shop.
“Why is it that most of the good art nude photographers are always broke?” she asked. “In fact I don’t know any who actually make decent money from shooting art. Why is that? Are they just lousy businessmen?”
“Here take my camera for a moment,” replied the photographer. “Look through the lens. What do you see?”
“I see…a young couple kissing, a pretty young blonde waitress with big boobs who really should put on a bra, and an ugly wrinkly old guy with a dog who’s eyeing up the waitress.”
“Good!” said the photographer. “You see Life. Now put down the camera, get out your make-up powder compact from your purse. Open it and look in the mirror. What do you see?”
“I see myself.”
“Now you see,” said the photographer. “The lens is made of glass and the mirror is made of glass. You only need to put a little silver at the back of it, and immediately you only see yourself.”
Iveta
Labels: Iveta, Philosophy
posted by Lin at 8:31 AM
1 Comments:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/arts/12nea.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Apparently all artists are broke. Thanks to Dave Levingstone for the link to this New York Times article.
I enjoyed the parable. It is indeed the Jewish way of teaching.
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