"From an artistic perspective, people's desire to get likes on everything they create whitewashes content. Instead of posting what they are into or what they believe in, they post what they think will get likes."
Eventually this not only whitewashes content, but people's personalities as well resulting in arguably the least interesting generation of people in generations.
The idea of a reformed influencer is very interesting to me. I have seen this several places now. It seems that while being an influencer may not be the most pure form of artistic expression, it pays the bills until a more “pure” endeavor is possible. As noted above, the money from influencer work eventually allows one to move beyond it. Does this mean that if you had to do all over again you would choose a different route? No sponsored trips? No corporate washed projects? Or is it accepted as a temporary “evil” until you have the financial luxury to say no. No judgement, just curious on the thought process.
"From an artistic perspective, people's desire to get likes on everything they create whitewashes content. Instead of posting what they are into or what they believe in, they post what they think will get likes." This resonated with me as well. I myself had to re-discover my motive for posting on Instagram. Understand why I chose to keep my feed like a gallery and chose to post what ever on my story. Now, I'm not posting stories and using less hashtags.
This is great!
My favorite line: "After that money ran out, I got a freelance gig doing photography stuff for Patagonia."
"From an artistic perspective, people's desire to get likes on everything they create whitewashes content. Instead of posting what they are into or what they believe in, they post what they think will get likes."
Eventually this not only whitewashes content, but people's personalities as well resulting in arguably the least interesting generation of people in generations.
The idea of a reformed influencer is very interesting to me. I have seen this several places now. It seems that while being an influencer may not be the most pure form of artistic expression, it pays the bills until a more “pure” endeavor is possible. As noted above, the money from influencer work eventually allows one to move beyond it. Does this mean that if you had to do all over again you would choose a different route? No sponsored trips? No corporate washed projects? Or is it accepted as a temporary “evil” until you have the financial luxury to say no. No judgement, just curious on the thought process.
Thank you for this, Michael and Foster.
"From an artistic perspective, people's desire to get likes on everything they create whitewashes content. Instead of posting what they are into or what they believe in, they post what they think will get likes." This resonated with me as well. I myself had to re-discover my motive for posting on Instagram. Understand why I chose to keep my feed like a gallery and chose to post what ever on my story. Now, I'm not posting stories and using less hashtags.