What's in a word? (amateur versus professional photographers)

From: PSA Journal | Date: February 1, 1995| Author: Thornton, Richard | Copyright information

A comparison is made between amateur and professional photographers. The two terms are analyzed to study their true meaning relative to the skill of photography.

There is a stigma attached to the word "amateur" which is widespread throughout our culture and also quite specific to photography. If we don't like someone's pretensions to art we are likely to term their efforts "amateurish." Yet, if we objectively survey the field of photography and related disciplines today, we find ...

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