Well, it's nice to know you've made a contribution to society, John. That's admirable.
As for your comments about me ... well, you're entitled to believe what you will. But maybe I should tell you that for a while I was homeless, slept in my car, sometimes stayed with a friend for a night or two, at other times stayed in abandoned houses, slept in a stable for a few nights, spent a few nights in jail. So, if you think that my photography is some sort of troll, or that I'm trying to be some kind of snob when I put my thoughts and photographs out there, you're wildly mistaken. What you see is, in some very small way, a part of my life, a part that I'm forever afraid will reappear, and a part that scares the crap out of me. And it wasn't drugs, or alcohol, or any such thing that put me on the streets. It was a real estate broker for whom I worked who took off with my commissions one day. I had a blossoming career one day, and practically the next day I was evicted from my apartment. Thank goodness my '64 Buick was roomy enough to sleep in, thank goodness I had a friend in the area whom I could sometimes stay with ... but not much else. So, if you think I'm trolling, or some kind of self-righteous snob, so be it. Frankly, I've learned a long time ago that I can't please everyone, satisfy everyone's idea of who and what I should be. And as for your comment about B&W photography, and darkroom work, and artsy photo snobbery, well, what can I say ... I'm a B&W artsy fartsy snob whose work has little value other than to stroke my own ego. I often stay up late at night with a favorite photo taped to the ceiling over my bed. Have a good night, John ... a very good night. shel the snob John Mustarde wrote: > Oh, and it's so typical, Shel, for you to think you are the only > person who ever interacted with a homeless person or has any > understanding of them. Just like the B&W film and darkroom and artsy > photo snobbery. You take a pic of some poor slob, act as if it were > art instead of the cheap snapshot it really is, then take snide and > self-righteous pokes at those who comment on it, no matter what > leanings their comments. It's a troll act, pure and simple. There's a > lot of good in your posts, so I usually brush off that stuff, but you > are really going too far lately. Hopefully, this really will be "the > last one from San Francisco", and least like this. If no one else > will call you on it, I will. I am a Texan at heart, after all. > > -- > John Mustarde > www.photolin.com
