amateur

expertise

oxymoron

is, in photography, something unique in that he stands closer to the essence of the field than does the master.

Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot or will not achieve the mastery of a profession. But in the field of photographic practice, it is the amateur, on the contrary, who is the assumption of the professional: for it is he who stands closer to the (i)noeme(i) of Photography. Roland Barthes

is distinguished from a professional in that a professional is an amateur who didn't quit.

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

is a young man who, when flattering women, is afraid of overdoing it.

AMATEUR An amateur is a young man who, when flattering women, is afraid of overdoing it.

is an athlete who insists on cash and won't take a check.

An amateur is an athlete who insists on cash and won't take a check.

is a public nuisance who mistakes taste for skill, and confounds his ambition with his ability.

A public nuisance who mistakes taste for skill, and confounds his ambition with his ability

is a person too stupid to profit from the talent they possess.

is one who accepts cash rather than cheques.

is an impossible thing for children. There are no amateurs in the world of children.

There are no amateurs in the world of children.

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