I have found mental illness to be an effective bridge between states of actual and percieved grandeur.(posted 8713 days ago)Seriously, I think that chasing fame or living for the next 15 minutes, in the photography world can be a pretty destructive pastime. If you cater to or chase the tastes of the black turtlenecks and berets, you may make yourself into the kind of hack or one trick pony that you don't want to be.
I think that Sebastiao Selgado started out as an economist before he went to lots of uncomfortable looking places to photograph the dignity in laborer's eyes. I don't think it was anything but a lot of hard work on his part.
Take Care,
Andy