Tuesday, 26 April 2011

WEEK 3 - THE ARTIST IN THE MARKET PLACE

An interview with Charlotte Cotton, Director of Cultural Programming, Art and Commerce. 

After reading the interview I found it interesting to see how one may try and push the boundaries of 'traditional' photography. Charlotte describes Independant Practice as - what a photographer creates when no-one is paying for it, there is no guaranteed round of applause, but you create it anyway; and describes Commissioned Work as - involving the opinion of other people, the possibility of earning your living through the thing that you love. 
She also goes on to explain the difference in being commissioned as an artist and working editorial.
I found the interview quite tough to read and get my head around, there was a lot of information that wasn't necessarily 'easy' to read.