The Doâs and Donâts of Graduate Studies: Maxims from the Chair from the book The Education of a Photographer by Charles H Traub, Chair at School of Visual Artsâ MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department in New York.
The Doâs
Do something old in a new way
Do something new in an old way
Do something new in a new way, Whatever works . . trade show booth display . pennsylvania foundation repair . . appliance repair in atlanta . works
Do it sharp, if you canât, call it art
Do it in the computerâif it can be done there
Do fifty of themâyou will definitely get a show
Do it big, if you cant do it big, do it red
If all else fails turn it upside down, if it looks good it might work
Do Bend your knees
If you donât know what to do, look up or downâbut continue looking
Do celebritiesâif you do a lot of them, youâll get a book
Connect with othersânetwork
Edit it yourself
Design it yourself
Publish it yourself
Edit, When in doubt shoot more
Edit again
Read Darwin, Marx, Joyce, Freud, Einstein, Benjamin, McLuhan, and Barth
See Citizen Kane ten times
Look at everythingâstare
Construct your images from the edge inward
If itâs the âreal world,â do it in color
If it can be done digitallyâdo it
Be self centered, self involved, and generally entitled and always pushingâand damned to hell for doing it
Break all rules, except the chairmanâs
The Donâts
Donât do it about yourselfâor your friendâor your family
Donât dare photograph yourself nude
Donât look at old family albums
Donât hand color it
Donât write on it
Donât use alternative processâif it ainât straight do it in the computer
Donât gild the lilyâAKA less is more
Donât go to video when you donât know what else to do
Donât photograph indigent people, particularly in foreign lands
Donât whine, just produce