Some famous street photographers are famous for a series of photos. But to narrow down to that small series, these famous photographers have taken hundreds of thousands of shots, maybe millions, in their career.
Of course, nowadays we praise these photographers with many fancy superlatives. We seek to emulate everything they do.
In a BBC documentary on photography, I noticed that some supposedly genre-starting and "famous" photographer used his camera like a machine gun, and took multiple shots of the same sequence - only to select that one particular picture that looked "arty".
But I have often wondered - if it takes so many snaps to pick out one good snap - is it luck or art?
Of course, nowadays we praise these photographers with many fancy superlatives. We seek to emulate everything they do.
In a BBC documentary on photography, I noticed that some supposedly genre-starting and "famous" photographer used his camera like a machine gun, and took multiple shots of the same sequence - only to select that one particular picture that looked "arty".
But I have often wondered - if it takes so many snaps to pick out one good snap - is it luck or art?
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