“My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.” SchoolMotherFatherParentRoomsClassTeacherTaughtBrotherBelovedGrandmotherLatinMy GrandmotherSociologyLibrarianGeographyCountySchool TeachersKnobsPrecursorGeography Teachers Author:Sam Abell
“I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended, to me, were those who had taught. Teaching enriches and enlivens one's work.” I CanSpeakCareersTeachingTaughtPhotographerOfficials Author:Sam Abell
“My Dad took a workshop from a photographer who worked at the Toledo Blade, a newspaper I delivered. I knew this photographer's work. My Dad took a night class from him at the University of Toledo. Without that class, I wouldn't have become a photographer, because my Dad came home and taught me what he learned in class.” HomeNightClassTaughtDadPhotographerUniversityMy DadNewspapersBladesWorkshopsToledo Author:Sam Abell
“In the last workshop I taught, a woman flew in from Thailand. She's a medical doctor in Bangkok. I asked her in her one-on-one session where she wanted photography to be in her life.Did she want a second career? Was it about earning money? Or was it art? And she said "None of those. I want photography to be serious in my life." It would be like someone wanting music, like piano playing, to be a richer, deeper, and maybe even harder experience.” WantArtSaidWould BeWantedLastsCareersTaughtSeriousPhotographyDoctorsHarderDeeperMedicalPianoEarningSessionFlewWorkshopsOne On OneThailandEarning MoneyPiano PlayingBangkokMedical Doctor Author:Sam Abell
“My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture.” FrontsTaughtDadPhotographerPhotographMy DadArdent Author:Sam Abell
“My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.” KindNightFatherDarkTaughtPhotographyFruitHobbiesBasementsCellarsDarkroom Author:Sam Abell
