LenKowitz.com: David Vestal's Street Photography

Thursday, March 27, 2014

David Vestal's Street Photography

For a change of pace here is more of Vestal's work, mostly done on the streets of New York City.

According to David;

"I have no memory of taking this picture, and I don't have its negative.

Back in 1947 I gave some prints to friend, Arthur Ginzel, who had been a fellow student at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was so gentle and good natured that we-other painting students-called him The Beast. this is not a picture of him: its just one he liked. The last time I saw him, in the 1980s, not long before his death, he gave me back a few prints. This was one of them, If he hadn't saved it, it wouldn't exist."

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It occurs to me...

I've been thinking about the business of making photographs and I'm going to use this forum as a place to share some of those thoughts.
I'll also post new pictures as they get to the "finished" state and provide information on how you can go about having your very own copy. Taking a cue from Duane Keiser, http://www.duanekeiser.com/ , I think marketing my own work is the best way for me to go, at least for the time being

As I think about becoming a "photographer", I've spent some time with people who have made that choice long ago and are now working very hard at it.The work they have produced is in many cases, excellent. What I have noticed is that the profession has a very low return on the time invested. It's far cry from my previous career where the return on my time was actually very high.
Great credit is due those individuals who choose to become photographers and then actually make a "living" by making pictures.

One night last week I took two "portfolios" to the Houston Center for Photogrphy to have them "reviewed". It was an interesting experience.
I was told that the landscape work had no relationship to the short set-up comments I made and that I should keep working on the blk&wht, "Ode to O'Keffee" portfolio.
It was pointed out to me that "landsape" work is highly competitive. Interesting observation, how did I fail to see that?
It occurs to me that showing my work to strangers is a productive activity, at least for me. Unfortunately, I probably gain more from the experience than those who see the pictures for the first time. Maybe it's a fault of the work, not strong enough or unusual enough? Maybe it's the "reviewers" problem?
In any case, it's all just opinion and not fact. I will continue to seek out the opinion of anyone who is willing to look at the pictures, I will also continue to make pictures that I like.