[wulinka]

yes, ideally I want my work to be seen as art. I love some of my abstract shots, and actually get very different kinds of response to them, from "I don't see anything on there" to "oh, this has really deserved to be blown up and framed", so yes, I think they are not just documentary.

Matthew, what do you think your picutres are if not art??

to say whether you are or feel like an artist is a lot harder to say. I am coming from being a scientist, which is more than your professional job, it is your identity. and I believe, for artists it is similar, in ways. you can't decide on day, not to be an artist anymore, if you have it in you. and then you might have to cope with being something you find really hard to be. and what about money? do you have to live of your work? how far can you go? or do you keep your bread and butter job, and deny your being an artist.........

I could go on forever.

speaking of artists and such, I promise I will post on two people I have met this week,
Alex Cao (http://www.alexcao.com/flash.html), a commercial photographer,
and Elinor Carucci (http://www.elinorcarucci.com/), a fine art photographer.

I was fantastic to meet both, I just honestly have not had a minute to tell you about it.

uli