http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/04/10/friday-links/ Former Photography Director Rob Haggart Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:35:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/04/10/friday-links/comment-page-1/#comment-41519 Smith+Fritzy Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:12:40 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2700#comment-41519 On the "Dear Designers, You Suck" article linked, I don't get it. Criticism is subjective, just like design is - so put the two together and you get a very subjective subject. In my profession, I get critiqued by publishers, photographers, editors, and even the sales staff on a regular basis. Everyone has an idea how things should look - including the big guys who think they know it all. It's nothing to do with "real criticism", people being honest, but how much that criticism is worth. Commercial or not, it's an art, this is a creative industry, and everyone will have an opinion and if we always listened to everyone's opinions, we'd have a pretty stagnant pool of mush. On the “Dear Designers, You Suck” article linked, I don’t get it. Criticism is subjective, just like design is – so put the two together and you get a very subjective subject. In my profession, I get critiqued by publishers, photographers, editors, and even the sales staff on a regular basis. Everyone has an idea how things should look – including the big guys who think they know it all. It’s nothing to do with “real criticism”, people being honest, but how much that criticism is worth. Commercial or not, it’s an art, this is a creative industry, and everyone will have an opinion and if we always listened to everyone’s opinions, we’d have a pretty stagnant pool of mush.

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