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Besides, video is going to put us all out of business.
One of my Pro class instructors came out of Brooks and had his own BW lab in Oakland. He was one of the first to bring digital into the program and does not use film in his classes. He started a HDSLR class in conjunction with the Media Dept.(video) co-taught with a fine instructor from Media.Apparently this is the case. Our local community college has now added video courses to the photography curriculum.
I love film but, just like ex-girlfriends, that doesn't mean there is a place in your life for them.
All I’ve ever read in John’s posts is do whatever you like, and have fun doing so.
Thank you.
Many years ago I was spending an afternoon with a close lady friend. I get a call from an Ex; she's in a fix and wants my help. I do what I can. My lady friend, not particular happy and feeling threatened, said I shouldn't help the Ex. I told her, simply, that you never stop loving someone, they just don't fit in your life anymore.
In many ways they are all the same woman. If you can't "stop loving someone" you don't love the current someone.
As long as we stay on topic we all gain.
berkeley mike
do all your students / students that go through your program go on to be paid working photographers?
or do some of them do it because they want to become proficient, you know like CE / elective classes ?
the lions share of people i have known or met who took photography classes at a university, college &c
who were not in a MFA/BFA program did it as an elective course .. and very few of the people who weren't in
the MFA/BFA program went past 3 semesters, or on to jobs that had anything to do with photography ...
other than enjoying themselves, knowing how to compose an image, how to process film
( or get it processed by someone ) &c .. you know, scratching their photography itch ....do your classes
link up with graphic arts/commerical arts classes ( illustration, design &c ) or classes that might give the aspiring
commerical photographer the knowledge of how their product, architectural portrait photographs/photographic illustrations
will be used & added to as communication art / graphics on the printed page or digital screen ?
i've always thought the way photography was taught either as a vocation or as an art missed these things and kind of left
the photographer hanging in the breeze wondering what to do next after they get their degree or certificate...
berkeley mike
do all your students / students that go through your program go on to be paid working photographers?
or do some of them do it because they want to become proficient, you know like CE / elective classes ?
the lions share of people i have known or met who took photography classes at a university, college &c
who were not in a MFA/BFA program did it as an elective course .. and very few of the people who weren't in
the MFA/BFA program went past 3 semesters, or on to jobs that had anything to do with photography ...
other than enjoying themselves, knowing how to compose an image, how to process film
( or get it processed by someone ) &c .. you know, scratching their photography itch ....do your classes
link up with graphic arts/commerical arts classes ( illustration, design &c ) or classes that might give the aspiring
commerical photographer the knowledge of how their product, architectural portrait photographs/photographic illustrations
will be used & added to as communication art / graphics on the printed page or digital screen ?
i've always thought the way photography was taught either as a vocation or as an art missed these things and kind of left
the photographer hanging in the breeze wondering what to do next after they get their degree or certificate...
I've only known a dozen with degrees...from RIT, New Mexico, and Arizona. They became teachers etc. But I've known more who were both studio pros and photo fine artists. From that small sample I'd suggest that most who can do, don't teach. And that a few art-oriented photo courses accomplish more than do degrees.
Walker Evans, Minor White, and Gary Winogrand, just to name three off the top of my head, taught. I don't think it is a fair generalization to say that those who can do, don't teach.From that small sample I'd suggest that most who can do, don't teach.
Walker Evans, Minor White, and Gary Winogrand, just to name three off the top of my head, taught. I don't think it is a fair generalization to say that those who can do, don't teach.
Walker Evans, Minor White, and Gary Winogrand, just to name three off the top of my head, taught. I don't think it is a fair generalization to say that those who can do, don't teach.
harry callahan, aaron siskind, maholy-nagy, abe morell, nick nixon kirk gittings ... just to name a few..
i think there are a fair amount of people who do and teach, lots of adjunct professors
in colleges and universities do both. there is a certain amount of satisfaction giving back
more than you got by showing others how to do things, and inspiring and opening minds to new things .
Yes, indeed! The fewer the students and the closer you all can work together, the better the learning for both student and teacher.I find that if I really want to learn how to do something well, then I need to set myself up to be able to teach it to someone else.
The clarity of thought that comes from having to share something is amazing.
Yes, indeed! The fewer the students and the closer you all can work together, the better the learning for both student and teacher.
Nobody forced you into anything, you voluntarily stirred the pot back on post 765 and previous threads. Everyone else has a right to post their their opinion too, and I disagree with your statement. If that leads somewhere you don't like to go, the solution is simple.
In many ways they are all the same woman. If you can't "stop loving someone" you don't love the current someone.
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