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Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Artnet News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint column, click here (members only).
“I hate doing things I’m not good at, and I suck at this. People assume that because I can paint I should also be good at photography, but they’re wrong. I hold this truth to be self-evident (see below). I am not exaggerating when I say every single good photo you see was taken by someone other than myself. I even bought two disposable cameras to cast a wide net and prevent this exact scenario and still, most photos are of the bottom of the inside of my purse or a close-up of my cuticle or of nothing. But this is, like, the third time Annie’s asked me to do this and I just couldn’t bear to see the disappointment on her sweet face again when I broke the news of yet another failed attempt. So, I’m going to make up for my lack of photographic competence by doing something I actually am good at: Turning everything into a piece of unhinged autofiction!!!” —Emma Stern
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