Do you ever wonder if your photographic heroes would make the same kinds of images today as they did during their lifetimes had they only been born a few decades later -- say at the same time as you? Coming up in today's world, would they still be famous artists, or would they be toiling in obscurity like the rest of us poor schlubs? Would Cartier-Bresson be walking the streets of Paris carrying an iPhone and posting multiple times a day on TikTok? Would Aaron Siskind still be shooting abstract images that resemble expressionist paintings, or would he have pursued the more documentary style of his younger days?
Heroes are great, just be sure to save time for yourself to go out and make some photographs of your own. Who knows, someone could be looking up at you, if just for one day.
