{"id":128589,"date":"2019-02-07T18:40:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=128589"},"modified":"2019-02-08T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T08:33:10","slug":"consistency-is-for-suckers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/consistency-is-for-suckers\/","title":{"rendered":"Consistency is for Suckers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The more consistent you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in your photography, the less motivation you will have to make new photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

No genre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Verona, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Just shoot anything and everything which interests you \u00e2\u20ac\u201d don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always feel like you must stay \u00e2\u20ac\u0153consistent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verona, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is why I think consistency is so bad:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You lose motivation to shoot, and you start to become the prisoner to the expectations of other people. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Where does the notion of consistency being a good thing come from?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Manila, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking, the art world is all about categorization. This gives a job to art curators, and renders art more comprehensible to the general (small minded) public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manila, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Consider \u00e2\u20ac\u201d if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an artist who cannot be categorized, you will piss off a lot of people. Because people want to put you inside a box. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manila, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is Kanye West? Rapper, designer, celebrity, or something else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Henri Cartier-Bresson? Street photographer, surrealist, painter, artist, or photo journalist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n