Photographers and creatives who are late bloomers.

October 17, 2008 |  by Tim Gruber  |  creative, inspiration  | 

I found this article in The New Yorker to be a great read about creatives or in our case photographers who find their passion later than most in life.

A few notable quotes:

The Cézannes of the world bloom late not as a result of some defect in character, or distraction, or lack of ambition, but because the kind of creativity that proceeds through trial and error necessarily takes a long time to come to fruition.

Prodigies are easy. They advertise their genius from the get-go. Late bloomers are hard. They require forbearance and blind faith.

If you are the type of creative mind that starts without a plan, and has to experiment and learn by doing, you need someone to see you through the long and difficult time it takes for your art to reach its true level.



2 Comments


  1. I just downloaded the New Yorker Out Loud podcast from October 13, which features Malcolm Gladwell (the author of the article you quoted). Well worth listening to.

    Also, on 9/22, they featured Platon on their podcast.

  2. Listening to them now Kevin. Thanks for the heads up.

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