Howard Greenberg Reaction

I’m usually critical of any sentence that begins with “Following the dream,” but when Howard Greenberg continued to explain that doing so “gives you that not so common feeling of good fortune and thankfulness,” I was instead inspired. People rarely recognize their own good luck. If they do, whether it was earned drudgingly or serendipitously, giving thanks has continued up a path of infrequency.

Another interesting subject Greenberg touched on was the continual evolution of photography. He would be considered a sort of “old world” photographer having learned and prospered during an age of film and dark rooms. Being a well-established connoisseur of the field in a contemporary market must be awkward at times. He differentiated to us between what he considered the old craft and vision at the heart of photography’s beginnings and modern, conceptual photography, Greenberg described current-day photography as a “documentation of an idea.” Which sounded like a careful way of expressing his lack of appreciation for at what photography has become.

Nevertheless it was lovely to be in the presence of someone who so clearly knows and can explicate his art. Greenberg is a portrait of success not only because of his talent but also because of his attitude.