Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/12

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Subject: [Leica] Re: world press winners 2006
From: bd_colen at harvard.edu (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sun Feb 12 04:41:14 2006
References: <200602112141.k1BLeZ3t047187@server1.waverley.reid.org> <000f01c62f84$bd316f80$3af1c547@Aubin>

One, Norm, not only are the kids I teach light years beyond me in the 
things technical to which you refer, they are flat out brilliant in terms 
of raw intelligence.
But no, had I named Nachtwey they'd have done no better - I showed War 
Photographer in the first class and not one of them had ever heard of him.
As to how I screen. In fact, I let more in each year, and try not to keep 
kids out. Each year I've had a few kids with virtually no previous photo 
experience, and no obvious talent, and grade them not on the quality of the 
work, but rather on the progress they make and initiative they show.

As to the quiz - there was a range of questions designed to show me if they 
had any photo backgound at all. All the results do is give me a way to make 
cuts if I need to.

All that said, I am far less sanquine than you about this generation. I saw 
a new study yesterday indicating that 18 to I believe 29 year olds on 
average read - reading of any tpe - on average of 4 min per day. I'm glad 
they can modify cars, but...
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:30:52 -0800 "Norm Aubin" <puff11@comcast.net> wrote:
"formal academic environment.  I 

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