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Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 01:37:16 No.4231190 View View Reply Original Report

How do you deal with the fact that street photography photos are utterly worthless until at least 10 years after they are taken?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:00:13 No.4231195 Report

Quoted By: >>4231199 >>4231202

By taking photos for my own sake, not for clout

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:13:33 No.4231198 Report

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>>4231190
Do it because you like it. Don’t do it to post on instagram. Private collections are key. That’s why voyeur lenses and perv collections are the only true artistic street

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:15:48 No.4231199 Report

Quoted By: >>4231203

>>4231195

So you plan to just store them then upload in 10 years time?

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Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:18:19 No.4231200 Report

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Recently I have been browsing some street photos from Italy in the 1970s and it’s a really interesting view into that time, you could not pay me to view a 2020s street photo but I can appreciate in 30 years time people will find them interesting and valuable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:21:43 No.4231201 Report

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>>4231190
More like 50 and for the same reason every photo is so I just don’t consider them art or worry about treating them like anything but documentary material

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:22:39 No.4231202 Report

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>>4231195
Nothing wrong with could. You're here for a good time, not a long time. You have to leave your mark somehow. Otherwise you'll just fade into oblivion like you never existed at all. That's what happens to most people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:22:58 No.4231203 Report

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>>4231199
I may not even upload them at all; I enjoy taking photos as a fun exercise. If I upload them, I don't really care what happens to them but of course it's nice to get the odd comment. I'm obviously strictly a hobbyist

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:27:51 No.4231204 Report

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>>4231202
>Otherwise you'll just fade into oblivion like you never existed at all
I live life to enjoy myself. Creating a legacy doesn't particularly motivate me because I don't think anything happens after death. If people like my work then that's nice of course, but it's not a goal I actively chase (much healthier & organic this way too)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 02:42:37 No.4231209 Report

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>>4231204
Well you're probably right that nothing happens after death, and I see your point about living for yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Sep 2023 06:29:26 No.4231990 Report

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By selling my photos and sleeping on a big pile of cash

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