Aesthetics and Photography Part 11

October 17, 2013 ·

Alain Briot

by Alain Briot

Alain Briot is one of the most successful landscape photographers workingin the U.S. today. He was educated at the Ecole des Beaux Art in Paris,has a Masters degree in Fine Art, and is currently working on his Phd.

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My Story Part One

Your pictures would have been finished a long time agoif I were not forced every day to do something to earn money.

Edgar Degas in a Letter to Jean-Baptiste Faure,contemporary art collector, 1877.

1- IntroductionThis essay is the long-awaited continuation of my previous essayBeing an Artist. In this previous essay I made a sharp distinction between being an artist and being an artist in business. The reasons for this distinction will be clear by the time you reach the end of this essay.

As I was writing this rather difficult text, I realized that it was getting longer and longer. This is due in large part to my decision of structuring this essay around an acc...

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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his website. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.