Why Are There So Many Gay Photographers?

Mack the Knife wrote:

[...an awful load of rubbish...]

Now, just imagine what a great and successful photographer you could be
if only you were gay.

Tough luck, mate.

Ralf

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You assume that since a lot of people in a photography store seemed gay,
photographers must be gay. However, you also said the store was in Santa
Barbara, so you might (equally fairly) infer everyone in Sanata Barbara is
gay. Of course, Sanata Barbara is in CA, and that explains
everything........


"Mack the Knife" wrote in message
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I went into the Sammy's Camera Store in Santa Barbara a few years ago
and it was pretty crowded with customers and employees. Suddenly I
realized that every single guy in there except for myself seemed to be
gay or at least gave a really good impression of it. They were
swishing around the store and lisping away and I was left wondering
what had happened to the town where I once lived. It's no secret that
there has always been a certain percentage of gays amongst
photographers, perhaps greater than their numbers in the population as
a whole, but this was kind of, well, shocking. What do you suppose
there is about photography that attracts gay men and why do they
presumably do reasonably well in the field? For one thing, photography
requires a great deal of manual dexterity and attention to detail. And
there is a lot of pseudo-intellectual, phony bull**** in its various
disciplines, which are many and varied because cameras are such
valuable tools in so many other areas of interest, from art to science
and everything in between. Do most of the gay photographers specialize
in studio work or would it be more accurate to say that they dominate
the strictly commercial end of things? Just wondering.

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Frank Pittel wrote:

Have you you considered that the post you were responding to was a troll?

I know I certainly have, thats why I kill file yahoo posters from the
start.

Inaccessible wrote:
In article ,
Frank Pittel wrote:

Have you you considered that the post you were responding to was a
troll?

I know I certainly have, thats why I kill file yahoo posters from the

start.

Your mommy must be proud.

Magdalena W., in response to "Mack the Knife," wrote:

What do you suppose
there is about photography that attracts gay men and why do they
presumably do reasonably well in the field?


I can only speak for my part of the world. One of the best Polish
fashion/ celebrity photographers is gay (very much so). And nobody
does better portrait and nude pictures of the famous or at least
wannabe famous women. He makes them look beautiful, sensual, sexy ...
even if in reality they are very imperfect.


-- Hmm, you have to wonder how a gay man could understand the sexuality
of a woman well enough to "make them look sexy," when he presumably has
had very little or NO EXPERIENCE at being with them when they are
sexual and clearly doesn't appreciate them when they are.


Why? I have no idea. He is very talented, but there are other very
talented hetero photogs too.

-- I've always wanted to shoot artsy pics of nude women (particularly
in Nature) but not done much of it for two reasons. One, I'm too cheap
to pay them for it, and two, I'm not secure enough to deal with the
gossip of all the conformist tongue-waggers who would invariably
disapprove. They wag their tongues about me anyway so I should get
over it and start snapping away at lots of nude ladies (heh heh heh).


Having had gay friends in my life, I
think in this case it's all about the women feeling safe with him. He
sees them as beautiful humans, not sex objects. They trust him more.
On the other hand, being gay is now "trendy",

-- (groan) It is?


and perhaps photography
is "trendy" in these circles too?

Regards,
Magdalena

Nice to hear from you, Maggie.

In article .com,
"creosote" wrote:

Your mommy must be proud.

Then again I am not gay, and I do have the self confidence
to shoot nude women and disregard the tongue waggers,...grow
up my friend.

Inaccessible wrote:
In article .com,
"creosote" wrote:

Your mommy must be proud.

Then again I am not gay,

Oh no, nothing like that.

Inaccessible wrote:
In article .com,
"creosote" wrote:

Your mommy must be proud.

Then again I am not gay, and I do have the self confidence
to shoot nude women and disregard the tongue waggers,


Wow, you ARE impressive. It must be tough to live with yourself, all
that raw talent and "self-confidence" all bottled up, just waiting to
get out when the first hot nude babe comes strolling along who might
take her clothes off right in front of you and let you "shoot her."
Tell me, aren't there any problems with your wife getting jealous? Oh,
maybe you don't have a wife.

....grow
up my friend.

You first, moron. Isn't it past your bedtime?

creosote wrote:
Inaccessible wrote:
In article .com,
"creosote" wrote:

Your mommy must be proud.

Then again I am not gay, and I do have the self confidence
to shoot nude women and disregard the tongue waggers,


Wow, you ARE impressive. It must be tough to live with yourself,


I strongly suggest you ignore him or her, who sounds desperate for
attention. As they say in the trades, screwball time.

Inaccessible wrote:
In article .com,
"creosote" wrote:

Your mommy must be proud.

Then again I am not gay, and I do have the self confidence
to shoot nude women and disregard the tongue waggers,...grow
up my friend.

With all of that "self-confidence," one might think you could address
the original post directly instead of firing whiny little pot shots at
posters with something to contribute. I guess when you get ignored too
much, it warps your personality.