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Your Future in Photography Assignment

Tanya
Sep 4, 2010
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Updated: Jul 20, 2021

Week one (1/15) of my first semester of PH 100: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTOGRAPHY with Andrea Land

My questions to ponder this week are:

Where do you see yourself in ten years as a photographer?

Think in terms of a genre of photography, e.g: documentary, commercial, fine art, or a combination of genres. Do you see your images hanging on gallery walls, or do you see them published as stories or advertisements?

In ten years I will be using my knowledge of photography shooting in many genres, but with a focus in fine art and commercial. I don’t believe that I would like to be a portrait studio photographer. This is just not who I am. I don’t like cheesy smiles and let’s look our best for one hour of our lives kind of photos. I like raw emotions. I love pretty things, but the world is not always pretty. I am most moved by an image that speaks to the soul not to the eyes. I would like to be shooting for magazines like TIME or National Geographic and maybe doing editorials for VOGUE (and of course these will be on gallery walls as well).

I am currently planning on creating an organization of local photographers who volunteer their time to do portraits/senior photos for low–income families. In ten years this will be a well oiled machine and the program will be implemented in not just my area, but in cities and towns in all areas of this great nation.

PERSONAL NOTE: This got me thinking, if there was ever one single photo that made me want to pick up a camera, which would it be? I would have to say it was an image I came across in art class, about the time of Enduring Freedom, and there in a magazine left out for inspiration was this photo (right). It spoke volumes to me in seconds and I took that photo with me that day and I still have it. I thought I would share that with you.