The Myth of Talent Debunked by Sinterklaas

Thursday 5 December 2019, 22:44 by Michelle Peeters | 5,508 views | 1 comment

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Some photographic truths sound so logical and familiar,
that you have probably been building on them for years.
A shame, because not all truths are equally true,
even if that sounds a little strange.

For the past 2 years, Sinterklaas has also collected many photographic myths,
and debunked them with 'true or false'.

Talent

The myth of talent,
is perhaps the most deeply entrenched.
When you see the work of celebrated photographers,
you think, I could never hold my work up against that.

Yet they too had to toil, fail and persevere to succeed,
and they too once started from scratch and had to endure many hardships.

They too had to work incredibly hard to get where they are now.
They made terribly bad work, completely out of line...
Had a thousand and one doubts,
which nearly made them forget their motivation.

Hundreds of times they were ready to throw in the towel,
because yes, you have to be able to make a living somehow...

But remember that people who are successful at photography,
also merely survived the period when they still had a lot to learn.

Vincent van Gogh once said: if you hear a voice saying that you cannot do something,
go and do it anyway, because you will see that the talent will be granted to you.

Because it is not only about aptitude or talent for the sake of fame,
but also about being willing to do something for it.

Not all talented people do everything they can
to achieve what they want, they clearly draw the line.

Success therefore remains out of reach, talent or not.
Incredibly sad, says Piet too...

In short: with blood, sweat and tears,
you can make your way through the whole world (photographically)!

Sinterklaas

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