The forty-eighth video from the series "Short Monologues by Platon Rivellis on Photography and Art".

I have emphasized several times that (nowadays) I am very much in favor of exhibitions and publications because I believe they help the photographer, provided they take care of a few things, which I will quickly highlight. First, the exhibition and the way the book is presented should match their level, the form of their photography, their beliefs, their age, their environment, their lifestyle. Secondly, any impressive display should be avoided, whether it relates to the mats and frames, the lighting, the layout of the room, or the design of the book, because any exaggeration in appearance will be detrimental to the photography, which is always too weak to withstand these exaggerations. Even if these exaggerations are a habit of our time and are preferences of the decorators and graphic designers who accompany a photographer in creating an exhibition. Another thing that needs to be emphasized is the famous resumes. Photographers are not applying for a job where they inflate a resume to show how well they know their field. The resume, in very simple terms, needs to provide only the information that a viewer needs to read. Age helps, although many hide it, it helps, because if you can't see the photographer it is important to know whether the photographer is "fresh," whether they are twenty years old or eighty. Their origin, nationality, possibly helps, not particularly. Their family status, completely irrelevant. Their education, their degrees, rather unimportant. From the exhibitions they have had and the publications, what counts are the books and exhibitions that marked something for them, either in their artistic journey or personally. Therefore, resumes should be modest and unpretentious, because they too tend to overshadow the generally weak photography. Captions should be brief and purely informative, not underlined. On the contrary, there could be a paragraph stating who are the main influences of the photographer, which artists have inspired them, photographers or others, and what is their general view about the line of their photography, without explanatory details, which would suggest a way of reading the photos and prevent the viewer from enjoying the photos in their own way. Therefore, all these are useful to be done and always with much thought and greater humility towards photography, which is humble in any case.