I'm really sorry it ended this way. I keep thinking... You know I'm a regular at exhibitions of any kind and keep thinking if choosing the wrong place to exhibit is the reason. I'm not sure why you choose a café, maybe you thought it's the best place or because that was available, I don't know. Maybe the idea behind it was that people would go there to have a cup of coffee and also have a chat about art or life in general. I keep thinking you might have targeted the wrong crowd or the crowd in the wrong place. Don't bite my head off please.
I'll tell you something else. There's a photo club in my city. Don't ask me what are the requirements to become a member as I have no clue, but I suppose you would qualify for a photo club in your city. These photographers have regular exhibitions in dedicated exhibition rooms, where people go to, to see art of any kind. Have you tried to pursue this route? Being independent is great but being part of a club would give you some advantages you need to get started.
Again, don't bite my head off. Just an idea from someone who has some experience in this field. There's a place, a café in my city that is hosting small exhibitions, or maybe I should say they are exhibiting art on the wall, but that doesn't mean they can attract the appropriate crowd as people go there for a cup of coffee in the first place. I rarely visit the place because it makes me feel awkward.
The venue wasn't really my choice, its where the festival put me! So nothing lost from that, Im not going to bite anyone's head off! :p
Regarding photo clubs: yes, they do exist. There's a few of them. Now please dont bite my head off when I say (with confidence!) that my skill and technical abilities far exceed the typical fare found in those clubs.
They do not have regular exhibitions, and and they even more rarely hire a professional model to teach their members the most basics of portraiture. I consider myself above and beyond them from a mastery standpoint.
I may rerun the show in a proper gallery space - but I am going to guess that I won't make back the cost of putting on a show - but I want to do it all the same.
If I can sell this body of work, I break even on all my camera gear - but it isn't always about the money, its about that well of creativity that I keep throwing buckets of hope down into.
I won't. That's your assessment, why would I bite your head off for expressing what you feel?
Looks like photo club means different things in the world. The one we have here is participating in international exhibitions and the members have won several awards each year, not to mention the exhibitions all the time.
Anyway, good luck, I hope you can achieve your goals, whatever they are.
I have no real goals when it comes to my photography and I think I just realised thay now :p (I'm being serious!)
I think I just enjoy the "magic" of light and try to share that with others. Try to make them think a little.more deeply about the image as an object.
Thank you, you sparked off a trail of thought I can explore. :)
I was just trying to see if the place has the "blame". Obviously you have to find your niche in this industry, which is not easy.
Anyway, good luck and don't let the outcome beat you. If you know a bit of art history, you know the majority of the artists have been in your shoes, some all their life and had become famous only post mortem. Not that this is going to make you feel better.
Ok, going now before I upset you 😬
My eventual death motivates me to create, my thesis (which is now on peakd as a collection) was about how death was represented in Art, so I am no stranger to the topic of dead artists and death! :)
I start my new job on Monday, so I will have less time to think, which some would say is a good thing :D
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