Anton Taminiau - Photojournalist: - Taminiau fine art photography - Perth, Australia

Brilliant photographers are not necessarily brilliant businessmen; indeed one could reasonably argue, that someone engrossed by photography, by art, design and composition, is unlikely to be well equipped to run a business of any degree - of which I'm a prime candidate. Those who consider themselves to be serious photo-journalists, engaged in the important taste of documenting history and trying to help people understand an increasingly confusing world, have little time for their fellow members involved in the struggle to produce art, and business. The 'art photographers', in turn, can barely disguise their contempt for the grubby business of servicing popular magazines. Some of the century's most memorable still images, among them Robert Capa's death of a soldier in the Spanish Civil War, Henri Cartier-Bresson's picnic on the banks of the Marne. Dennis Stock's picture of James Dean in Times Square, René Burri's iconic portrait of a cigar chewing Che Guevara and Sebastião Salgado's unforgettable essay on the gold miners in Brazil. Phillip James Griffith's courages coverage of Vietnam more than almost any other factor, opened up the worlds eyes to what war was doing to the benighted Vietnamese people. Do we as photographers, represent photo-journalism at its zenith - fearless, committed, intensely involved, passionate, demonstrating a sense of more purpose? I believe at best, we transform "bearing witness" into an artistic 'tour de force' that transcends journalism and...

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