Those of you who haven’t followed Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 (or 1.0), may be wondering exactly what our “grievances” are. What has Marc Adamus lied about? Here’s a couple things, to start off with:
1. Marc Adamus LIES, especially by omission, about the amount of Photoshop used in the creation of his images.
Marc Adamus uses an enormous amount of Photoshop to create his images. There’s no use denying it, because Marc boasts about it himself, these days. Not publicly, on his website (as would be appropriate), but on private forums where he and his fans can have a good time celebrating Marc’s Photoshop “greatness”. Go to his website. There is nothing there about the huge amount of Photoshop used in his images. Just a terribly vague manifesto called “Photoshop in today’s age” (read my analysis of that here), that basically allows Marc to do anything he wants and admit nothing.
2. Marc Adamus has falsely crowned himself as the finest landscape photographer alive.
Marc Adamus has repeatedly made claims such as “Marc has been acclaimed as one of the most talented artists of his generation” or “he is arguably the most talented photographer working today”. Both these statements, and any similar ones, are utterly, 100% false. If Marc was that good, don’t you think he’d have the following:
-Art hanging in major galleries (Marc has no images in ANY galleries)
-Reviews in major newspapers (Marc has never been reviewed by any major newspaper)
-Reviews by art critics (Marc’s work has never been reviewed by any critics)
-Books written entirely by Marc Adamus (Marc has never written a book, despite repeated promises to do so)
-Reviews in major newspapers (Marc has never been reviewed by any major newspaper)
-Reviews by art critics (Marc’s work has never been reviewed by any critics)
-Books written entirely by Marc Adamus (Marc has never written a book, despite repeated promises to do so)
That being said, what are the sources of Marc’s claims, then? Simple. Ignorant losers on online forums and “critiquing” sites such as photo.net. These losers don’t care about Marc, except that they want to be like Marc and share in his “fame”. One of these imbeciles writes “Marc, you are the best that has ever been or ever will be!”, and Marc scurries off and writes filthy lies about him being the best ever.
3. Marc Adamus LIES about his so-called adventures.
Marc Adamus has repeatedly claimed incredible adventures in the backcountry, replete with ridiculous claims of many miles of off-trail travel, photographing in an glacier cave while dodging falling chunks of ice the size of cars, or canoeing upstream on a raging river. Needless to say, none of these “adventures” have ever been documented in any manner, except by Marc’s lying pen. How convenient. What about the real adventure stories, such as those you read about in Outside magazine? Fully verified by photography, video, or other individuals, of course. Marc Adamus stretches the truth and simply invents many things, so he can’t afford to have outside verification.
Marc Adamus has repeatedly claimed incredible adventures in the backcountry, replete with ridiculous claims of many miles of off-trail travel, photographing in an glacier cave while dodging falling chunks of ice the size of cars, or canoeing upstream on a raging river. Needless to say, none of these “adventures” have ever been documented in any manner, except by Marc’s lying pen. How convenient. What about the real adventure stories, such as those you read about in Outside magazine? Fully verified by photography, video, or other individuals, of course. Marc Adamus stretches the truth and simply invents many things, so he can’t afford to have outside verification.
4. Marc Adamus claims to be a full-time professional photographer, when in fact he makes almost all his money by teaching photo tours & workshops to his swooning fanbase.
Workshops and photo tours are SCAMS. Real photographers sell images, not teach others how to “take” images. Those who can’t do, teach. You will note that all professional photography associations of any importance require their members to make 100% of their income from actual photography. Workshops don’t count. That’s why the self-crowned “best photographer in the world” is not a member of Canon or Nikon Professional Services. Neither is he a member of Canon “Explorers of Light”, a group of photographers considered to be some of the finest Canon-using landscape photographers.
Workshops and photo tours are SCAMS. Real photographers sell images, not teach others how to “take” images. Those who can’t do, teach. You will note that all professional photography associations of any importance require their members to make 100% of their income from actual photography. Workshops don’t count. That’s why the self-crowned “best photographer in the world” is not a member of Canon or Nikon Professional Services. Neither is he a member of Canon “Explorers of Light”, a group of photographers considered to be some of the finest Canon-using landscape photographers.
5. Marc Adamus spreads all the above LIES profusely all over the Internet.
Marc Adamus is busily spreading all the LIES I’ve covered above all over the Internet, in an attempt to influence his online image and create his own reality. Everywhere you find a bogus “interview” of Marc Adamus, or a podcast, or a brief bio, you will find LIES such as “Marc has been acclaimed as one of the most talented landscape artists of his generation.” Marc thinks that if he spreads these LIES around continuously, they will drown the negative truth about him and create a false persona that the whole world will believe.
