In my last post I said I didn't feel like an artist. Lately, I have felt like more of an artist than a person.Is a person an artist or an artist a person? This my be the cause of my current migraine.
People that I grew up with have started thinking of me as more of a photographer than as someone they have been friends with since the sixth grade. I've focused on my career more than my actual school work. I have been hired for weddings, done photo shoots, and have had people volunteer to be a model. I am in the process of setting up some shadowing positions for photographers in my home town. I am only in my second year of college, so is this really necessary yet? My twentieth birthday is in a few weeks and what I have asked for is more photo equipment.
Let's talk for a second about audience. Who is my audience? I'm not really sure, actually. My art blog, IntegArt, reached 2,000 pageviews yesterday. I started it in March of this year and in the past few months it has really taken off. I post new projects or themes on it weekly and then post the link to Facebook. I know my mother cannot have been all 2,000 views. So who is looking at my art? One of the referring sites that has popped up is a website that is very exclusive and the link is posted in the "private boards" of the site. Not having been a "good member" of the site, I cannot view those boards, so I have no idea who posted the link and what kind of people have clicked on it. It bothers me some, but I have no shame in my art and I know it is appropriate for anyone to see.
Why is my art gaining popularity? I'm just a kid with a camera, and not even a really nice one at that. Ever since I started, my parents have told me that I have a gift, but what makes me different from everyone else? I've done this for about seven years now, but I haven't had any formal photo training. Based on the evidence, I should be a nobody, but according to the numbers, people like my art.
So. What now?
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