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Snapshot Camera: Millions of photographs were taken of familiar land-capes, cities, towns, villages, historical landmarks, an-:ient churches, and new public buildings with no other >urpose than their sale to tourists. In the days before he snapshot Camera and the printed postcard, travelers :ollected albumen prints of all the "sights" they wished :o remember, and pasted them in albums.
The photographers who specialized in making these news often found the demand so great that they estab-ished publishing companies, with Camera teams in the ield and a large staff manning the printing works at iome.But the process was, of course, Atget's choice; it was his preferred way of working. He was no primitive. His approach to technique was far from naive. It was deliberate.Julien Levy, proprietor of an avant-garde art gallery in New York and a friend of the Surrealists, recollected that Man Ray offered to lend Atget a small hand camera. But Atget would have none of it: he complained that "le snapshot" went faster than he could think."Trap vite, en fin! Too fast."
Have an idea that will appeal to the listeners of the show. You could become the local photographic guru by doing regular spots on the state-of-the-art for the snapshot taker—who, incidentally, can become your biggest customer for general photography. You might plan seasonal appearances, during which you tell the listeners how. to make the best holiday photographs. You might even try to get some regular exposure by moderating panel discussions with other professionals, or by running an amateur Camera club of the air. Non-network stations are usually more receptive to these suggestions, but the major networks are always looking for good local programming, so don't rule them out. |
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