馬格蘭攝影師給年輕攝影師的建議

對年輕攝影師有何建議？在這篇馬格蘭網站訪談中，34位攝影師對此都給出了自己的答案

Photograph because you love doing it, because you absolutely have to do it, because the chief reward is going to be the process of doing it. Other rewards — recognition, financial remuneration — come to so few and are so fleeting. And even if you are somewhat successful, there will almost inevitably be stretches of time when you will be ignored, have little income, or — often — both. Certainly there are many other easier ways to make a living in this society. Take photography on as a passion, not a career.

要因為熱愛而去拍攝，因為那種不得不拍的感覺而去拍攝，為了在過程中得到滿足而拍攝。其他的收穫——別人的讚譽、報酬——這些只有極少數人能夠得 到，而且是那麼的短暫。哪怕你在某種程度上獲得了成功，也不可避免地在一段時間之內受到忽視，沒有收入。世上有很多容易的謀生方式，把攝影當作自己的興 趣，而不是職業。

1) Never think photography is easy. It’s like poetry in that it’s easy enough to make a few rhymes, but that’s not a good poem.

2) Study photography, see what people have achieved, but learn from it, don’t try photographically to be one of those people.

3) Photograph things you really care about, things that really interest you, not things you feel you ought to do.

4) Photograph them in the way you feel is right, not they way you think you ought to.

5) Be open to criticism, it can be really helpful, but stick to you core values​​.

6) Study and theory is useful but you learn most by doing. Take photographs, lots of them, be depressed by them, take more, hone your skills and get out there in the world and interact.

1）不要覺得攝影很容易。就像寫詩，要寫幾句韻文或許很容易，但那不足以成為好詩。

2）學習攝影，看看大師們是怎麼做的，向他們學習，但不要試圖複製他們的影像。

3）去拍那些你真正關心的事物，那些真正吸引你的事物，而不要拍攝你認為你應該拍的東西。

4）用你認為正確的方式去拍，而不要用你認為應該用的方式去拍。

5）願意接受批評，它們有時是有益的，但​​是要堅持你的核心價值觀。

6）學習和理論有一定的作用，但是你更多地是通過實踐來學到東西。拍攝，拍攝很多很多照片，為之沮喪，然後拍攝更多。磨練你的技術，投入大千世界並且做出回應。