Do all (twenty something?) photographers look alike?

Reminiscent of the time when everyone went around in black flares and a
black Polo (roll top) shirt. The Polanski look.

Oh those heady days of the 60's.

Duncan

"Hugo Drax" wrote in message
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Ack, it's just that arty lot getting all pretentious. Did you see any
berets?
Me, I'm supposed to be a 20-something photography/art student but I
think
I'm not doing it right as I have rimless glasses, a suede jacket, a bad
collection of t-shirts and a load of crappy old, worn out and faded blue
jeans. I recently grew a beard though - but it wraps around my face to
make
me look more scruffy

Chris.



The Arty lot is an interesting one, they always have this superiority
complex and spew out lots of psuedo-intellectual garbage.

"Hugo Drax" wrote in message ...
Yesterday when I went to a local store to get some chemicals A photo club
must have been meeting or something and the majority of them were these
younger guys dressed in the same style (urban artiste hip type style, with
goatees and the same thick black glasses. It was weird but interesting. It
seems a lot of work is being put to fit into some kind of artiste stereotype
look. Anyone notice this in the field? Most of the shooters I meet
overseas/US on assignment here do not look at all like that interesting
looking crowd.

Yep, that's me all right:

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Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

"Hugo Drax" wrote in message
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Yesterday when I went to a local store to get some chemicals A photo club
must have been meeting or something and the majority of them were these
younger guys dressed in the same style (urban artiste hip type style, with
goatees and the same thick black glasses. It was weird but interesting. It
seems a lot of work is being put to fit into some kind of artiste
stereotype
look. Anyone notice this in the field? Most of the shooters I meet
overseas/US on assignment here do not look at all like that interesting
looking crowd.



It's just called fashion. Have you not noticed it before?

The difference is that Polanski was into groping the breasts of 13 year old
girls, and the look alikes weren't...

uhhh, they weren't, were they?

denny

"Duncan Allan" wrote in Reminiscent of the time
when everyone went around in black flares and a
black Polo (roll top) shirt. The Polanski look.

Oh those heady days of the 60's.

Hugo Drax said:

Yesterday when I went to a local store to get some chemicals A photo club
must have been meeting or something and the majority of them were these
younger guys dressed in the same style (urban artiste hip type style, with
goatees and the same thick black glasses. It was weird but interesting. It
seems a lot of work is being put to fit into some kind of artiste
stereotype look. Anyone notice this in the field? Most of the shooters I
meet overseas/US on assignment here do not look at all like that
interesting looking crowd.

Sounds like a complete lack of originality is the problem there.

Most photographers I know are very non-descript people. You'd never know
they were photogs by just looking at them.

--
Dallas
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"Hugo Drax" wrote in message
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Yesterday when I went to a local store to get some chemicals A photo
club
must have been meeting or something and the majority of them were these
younger guys dressed in the same style (urban artiste hip type style,
with
goatees and the same thick black glasses. It was weird but interesting.
It
seems a lot of work is being put to fit into some kind of artiste
stereotype
look. Anyone notice this in the field? Most of the shooters I meet
overseas/US on assignment here do not look at all like that interesting
looking crowd.



It's just called fashion. Have you not noticed it before?


I guess you must be one of the clones since the question bothers you.

"Dallas" wrote in message
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Hugo Drax said:

Yesterday when I went to a local store to get some chemicals A photo
club
must have been meeting or something and the majority of them were these
younger guys dressed in the same style (urban artiste hip type style,
with
goatees and the same thick black glasses. It was weird but interesting.
It
seems a lot of work is being put to fit into some kind of artiste
stereotype look. Anyone notice this in the field? Most of the shooters I
meet overseas/US on assignment here do not look at all like that
interesting looking crowd.

Sounds like a complete lack of originality is the problem there.

Most photographers I know are very non-descript people. You'd never know
they were photogs by just looking at them.


I agree, This is the first time I ran into such a cliched look and it was
quite funny.

Damn I missed out then!!!

Duncan

"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
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The difference is that Polanski was into groping the breasts of 13 year
old
girls, and the look alikes weren't...

uhhh, they weren't, were they?

denny

"Duncan Allan" wrote in Reminiscent of the time
when everyone went around in black flares and a
black Polo (roll top) shirt. The Polanski look.

Oh those heady days of the 60's.

"Hugo Drax" wrote in message
...
Yesterday when I went to a local store to get some chemicals A photo club
must have been meeting or something and the majority of them were these
younger guys dressed in the same style (urban artiste hip type style, with
goatees and the same thick black glasses. It was weird but interesting. It
seems a lot of work is being put to fit into some kind of artiste
stereotype
look. Anyone notice this in the field? Most of the shooters I meet
overseas/US on assignment here do not look at all like that interesting
looking crowd.



So, with all these people looking alike, did you take a picture????

Hey, I'm far removed from my 20's (have a 21 year old son), I do work for
several 20 something artists. If the 20 somethings are having fun, making a
living, and paying my bills, who cares how they look.

Tom

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says...


"Dallas" wrote in message
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Hugo Drax said:

Yesterday when I went to a local store to get some chemicals A photo
club
must have been meeting or something and the majority of them were these
younger guys dressed in the same style (urban artiste hip type style,
with
goatees and the same thick black glasses. It was weird but interesting.
It
seems a lot of work is being put to fit into some kind of artiste
stereotype look. Anyone notice this in the field? Most of the shooters I
meet overseas/US on assignment here do not look at all like that
interesting looking crowd.

Sounds like a complete lack of originality is the problem there.

Most photographers I know are very non-descript people. You'd never know
they were photogs by just looking at them.


I agree, This is the first time I ran into such a cliched look and it was
quite funny.