“I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a kind of basic training.” YearsKindTeachFourCollegePhotographyTrainingNewspapersLocalsFour YearsBasic Training Author:James Nachtwey
“When I was at college, the idea of fashion was more immediate to me, whereas art photography, the depth of it, was a different thing. Storytelling - fanciful storytelling - can only be told through fashion photography. It's the perfect way to play with fantasy and dreams.” WayArtIdeasDifferentPlayDreamPerfectFantasyFashionCollegePhotographyDepthStorytellingDifferent ThingsArt PhotographyFashion Photography Author:Tim Walker
“Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.” KnowsWayArtFilmActingCollegeInvolvedPhotographyEconomicsStudiosShort Films Author:Brit Marling
“I was lucky enough to go to college for four years. At what was supposedly a hippie school with no tests and no grades, blah blah blah, I wasn't learning that. I was taking photography classes. That stuff just wasn't talked about. It was like, "Does this picture have the right about of grey in it?" It wasn't even an art school. It was a state-run school.” YearsDoeArtStatesEnoughRunningSchoolStuffClassFourCollegeLuckyPhotographyTestsGradesFour YearsGreyHippieArt SchoolBlah Author:Kathleen Hanna
“And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.” GivingTryingSchoolFilmParentClassMinesCollegePhotographyHigh SchoolSellsPhotographerTrackEmsPrintDismayFilm Photography Author:John Sexton
“I've been the head of the photography program at Bard College for over 30 years, and I take that as seriously as I do my photography. My time is devoted to that too.” YearsCollegePhotographyProgramMy TimeDevotedBards Author:Stephen Shore
“I think it's all absolute nonsense how people talk about photography as being an art. It's a very menial career that you do if you draw badly. Now they teach it at the Royal College of Art and get grand about it. It's the only course there that I don't understand.” PeopleIfsThinkingArtCoursesCareersTeachCollegePhotographyDrawsAbsolutesNonsenseRoyal Author:Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon