{"id":238734,"date":"2020-05-28T07:10:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T14:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=238734"},"modified":"2020-05-28T07:34:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T14:34:40","slug":"why-do-photographers-have-such-low-self-esteem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/28\/why-do-photographers-have-such-low-self-esteem\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY DO PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVE SUCH LOW SELF-ESTEEM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I became a photographer because I cannot draw\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is BS. But a lot of photographers say this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most photographers are just painters with low self esteem and ego.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For example Henri Cartier Bressson<\/a>: started off as a painter, and later gave up the camera. Why? My theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was a closet painter, who secretly wanted to be a painter the whole time … but unfortunately became \u00e2\u20ac\u0153too good<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at photography. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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If we look at the work of HCB, he was enamored by painting and painters. Ultimately we cannot see HCB as a guide because he never truly believed in photography. He was like the Plato<\/a> for photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Richard AVEDON<\/a>. Handsome, great with people, and belief in the camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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