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Artist to Artist:

There are different levels of artists at every show. The goal for all of us is that we can't loose money and we must make enough money the cover bills and enjoy life. Each one of us has different amount of money that need to reach each month or year.

Each artist has is own style. Each artists had try different things to become successful.

I want to reintroduce myself:

I am from Puerto Rico. I grew up reading English and Spanish books but I only spoke Spanish. I came to Chicago, IL back in 1992. Back then I barely could hold a conversation in English. Even after all this years I can not pronounce some words and some words are new to me.

Opposite of what you may think or care I do have a BA in Math and BA in Photography. When I go through customs I gave My USA pass port. I know that you may not like me because the way I speak or look but really that is your problem. Yes I very aware of all the social issues going in this country and did have to learn to understand very fast. My first experience was: walking to a bus stop full of white folks and me standing to wait for the bus and start reading my newspaper and suddenly notice I was standing alone in the corner and everybody else move away from me.

I started to work in new series only in Nov 2012. It had been only a couple of years and I do not believe that easy to find a market for my body of work. Markets that work before do not work any more. I am cutting my Chicago market because it does not work as well as it use to. Local artist tell me look at a photographer is moving stuff like crazy or look what Scott Fishman is doing. It is all those metal prints. I just wanted to said hi to you and see your new work because I used to like it. I really do not care what the artist is doing because I do not plan to change my body of work because I really like it and is very personal what I am doing. To add to your concern I do well enough to support myself with this body of work. I doing better than before because this is my only source of income now. For your information a metal print 24X36 can cost of producing is between 200 to 250 plus shipping. There is a lot ups for that printing technique but also a lot of reasons not to do it buss wise. Do not tell me to look what another artist is doing because I can tell you in my perspective he copy Cesar Ross, another photographer that only move stuff through his downtown Chicago galleries.

Please do not ask me about the show because is not something I think until the end of the show. I was concern in my last show that I only make 1000. I got two friends that one make 500 and other 200. Those two where out town artist. You know how I bad that made me feel and still hurts when I think about it.

Do you know when I walk a show is not to complain about buy and sale and stuff out of place. I do not complain about the music is to loud that I can not talk to my possible customer. I just take that show out of my list for the next year.

Dear promoter please do not tell there is another artist is happy to put up with your crap because guess what there are another promoters that know what they are doing and put a high quality show year after year.

So please understand one stupid thing you are aware that some of you are forcing a segregation in artist world. Do you know that I only want to make a honest living. You know I only want every artist at an event to do well. When I write a review is not trash a show is to help another artist to make a wise choice. I understand that what works for me may not work for you but also it also goes the other way around. Experience is what make you become successful and having faith in yourself.

One very important thing, I know that our culture is all about me but everyday that pass we forget that we live in a society and that we all depend of each other.