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Meaningful Picture: The photograph The Three Thirds needs such a title because the picture is not informative; it is meaningful picture only if the subject is treated as a kind of peg upon which to hang, in this case, self-contained symbols: reading left to right, clouds in window—youth, plaster under clapboards—middle years, broken glass —old age. What caprice of chance brought the photographer to this point exactly at the time when the continuity of birth, living and death were uppermost in his mind and when he secretly hoped to materialize his feelings that each of the three was a third of experience? Was it his need that caused the metamorphosis?3
The advantages to the buyer are obvious. Does it seem like a bad arrangement for the photographer? At first glance it might seem so, but when this same picture is sold over and over, perhaps fifty times in the course of years, the photographer eventually realizes a handsome total return for his effort in shooting the picture for stock sales.
That's why the stock picture photographer doesn't get rich quick, but enjoys a long-term income advantage for his work. Many a picture has earned, over a period of years, more than $1,000 in fees.
The picture was important because it constituted legal evidence. My would-be client didn't want to take a chance on entrusting this picture to just any photographer, because he was afraid the picture might be muffed.
I turned down the job for two reasons: first because I don't want my Camera to embarrass any woman and second because I didn't want to be dragged into court as a witness in the divorce case. |
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