The Muse
It is generally known that poets and musicians are often inspired by a muse.
Long time ago my site was hosted at MuseCube, a community of artists and models in the fashion world. Next to site hosting there was a private forum where we could discuss our work and there were many artists there who said that the models where their muses, their inspiration and this was often a topic which was discussed at the forums…
When I decided to photograph weddings only I switched provider and hosted my site at BigFolio who is more aiming at wedding photography instead of fashion. I also switched to more specialized wedding forums and although art is shown there as well the discussions about art are different and muses are not mentioned there, it’s more the technical part we talk about instead of the spiritual part of art.
But recently I questioned myself; do wedding photographers have their muses? Can they adore a bride so much for one day that she becomes his muse? Like the fashion photographer adores his model? In the wedding business it is often said that a bride is the princess of the day and we should treat her like a princess, like royalty. But a princess is not a goddess and therefore a bride can not be the muse…
Do wedding photographers have muses? Are they artists or are they just photographing wedding for the business? In case of the latter, they probably don’t know about muses… may be money is their god…
But imagine if the wedding photographer is an artist? Will he have a muse? I believe he has… if poets and musicians have a muse, a visual artist might need them too...