Erotic Photography by Mark Marek

How the heck did he get here? Would you believe he grew up never caring about taking pictures? Would you believe that he's got master's degree in Electrical Engineering yet he never worked in the field? Would you believe that it was in 2003 when he got his first camera? Would you believe he got his first paid photography gig 3 weeks after he'd learnt how to use the damn thing? Seriously, this is all true. He absolutely loves photography. He loves it so much that he refused to take any photography classes. He believes art is a subjective form and as such no one can tell you if this is good art or bad art. As some say "One Man's Pooh is Another Man's Cake" and so he, not willing to get influenced by some tutor, decided to pace his own way. Photography teachers, according to him, would teach you to create art the way they like it, thus making your work their clone. You take a picture they don't happen to like it so they'll pull an article on you where it states that what you did is incorrect. On the other hand, if you take the picture they like, you will be praised and bit by bit you will do it the way they shaped you. Not wanting to be what teachers make you, wasn't the only reason he refused to take photography education. As rebellious as he is, he would intentionally break all the rules, just to be different. You teach him how to do photography correctly, and he'll go and do it the opposite way on purpose. But to him, doing things exact opposite of right, was no different than doing it opposite of wrong. If you follow certain pattern, your work becomes predictable whether the pattern you follow involves correct techniques or not. So he decided not to get any photography education, he doesn't know what is wrong and what is right, he only follows his instincts and what he chooses to follow and this way he was able to develop his unique style. Not his teachers, not somebody else's - his own.

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