Iterations

The other day, a friend of mine texted me a link to a podcast, along with a single sentence that read, “If I could be a small fraction of the photographer Sally Mann is, it would really be something.” Now, this friend is a terrific photographer but, like so many of us, he sometimes gets stuck in the rut of comparison. I get it. I really do. Sally Mann is an iconic photographer, but one of the most challenging—and I think harmful—things we can do to ourselves as artists is to unreasonably compare ourselves and our work to others.Question:Do you compare yourself or your work to others? If so, how does it affect the work you make?LINKSSally Mann : https://www.sallymann.com/Robert Rauschenberg: https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-rauschenbergDavid Carson: http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/Shepard Fairey: https://obeygiant.com/Bastille: https://www.bastillebastille.com/Quarter Past Midnight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1VzzNbfPaMJohn Dos Passos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dos_PassosNick Hornby: https://e