[Leica] Crazy idea? Getting a photography degree

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Thanks for the plug...
http://www.theworkshops.com/catalog/courses/index.asp?CourseID=2671&Scho
olID=20

One warning though - I will be asking everyone to read Sontag's "On
Photography" before the workshop - But I will also be asking them to
read "Doing Documentary Work," by Robert Coles, with which, I'll guess,
Dave is familiar. ;-)

My workshop aside, MPW is a great place to spend a summer week - the
setting is sublime, the food is shockingly good for a place like this,
and you're surrounded by a zillion people who are all interested in
photography.

B. D.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
David Mason
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 9:48 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Crazy idea? Getting a photography degree


I think the main problem with getting a degree late in life is simply
not having the will to move to where the best degree is available. I
think education at *any* level should be shopped for because there are
some turds out there with a high-gloss buff on them. I was lucky enough
to have Duke's Center for Documentary Studies in my backyard and found
it to be quite good most of the time. However, its not a degreed program
even - its mostly a place where one receives a framed receipt. Their
emphasis was on the documentary process too - at the time not one class
on how to shoot or even how to shoot better but I can tell you that it
helped my photography out in very major ways.

While I was there I heard excellent things about the Maine Photographic
Workshops too, though I have not been myself. Its another way to go in
this sort of thing too - the summer classes in beautiful locations that
don't suffer from heat that makes you stick to your camera leather. I
know B.D. teaches a course up there and can give a unique perspective on
it - but it seems to me that if you like learning, classes, and
photography you can do worse than making a vacation out of it. I figure
I will go there at some point when money, time, and life all line up.

Cheers,

Dave


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 09:25:51 -0500, Michael Eric Berube
<MEB@goodphotos.com> wrote:
> > At 2:47 AM -0800 05.3.19, Richard wrote:
> >
> >>>This is pretty crazy. I am almost 43, married for 21 years, have 2 
> >>>kidz, silicon valley mortgage, runs a small business, and... I am 
> >>>thinking about getting a photography degree...
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