From: S Wang (stwang@direcTVinternet.com)
Date: 08/24/02-08:00:40 PM Z
What's great about using former students' work as example is that the
photographers were not somebody who had 30 years of experience and
living half a century ago in a different part of the world!
I do it all the time, or at least I did so when I was teaching photo
- have been teaching mainly Art w/ Computer these days. I kept a
couple of prints from each student and used them to get the next
groups of students started. Students could relate to them much more
than images by some historical figures. Also, they learn to judge a
work on its own merit - not like in art history classes, where only
works by well known names are included.
Sam
> I do this on a weekly basis; in beginning photography I photo the best
>ones from the week and show them the following week at the beginning of the
>class. In the upper division courses, I photo their work and show it every
>couple weeks. The students get the benefit of seeing their work in large
>screen format but I also get the benefit of having a visual record of what
>work my students produce. I mean, most of them don't copy slide their own
>work, and some day when they are famous I've got records of their early
>"historical" stuff on file. Is it a pain in the butt to do? Yes, and
>costly, too, figuring for each roll of film I probably spend about $15 of my
>own money. But the other benefit is that when I lecture, I have a couple
>sections in the lecture, and it is the way that each section gets to see the
>other section's work. I also will point out problems with the photos, or
>what could be done better, or ask the students to tell me what they think.
>It is also a fantastic way to make a student feel good about their biggie
>mistakes, when I say, "OHHH, WOW, this is the BEST example of (you interject
>the word here; air bells on negs, blown out highlights, dust bunnies,
>compositional mergers); would you mind if I used this to show the rest of
>the class?" They then look at mistakes as functioning positively.
>chris
>> This is such a wonderful thing for the students! Our drawing teacher at
>> U. Fla. collected the best works each semester and had the art history
>> folks make slides of them. It was quite a powerful experience to see
>> your own work up there on the screen in all it's glory. The "shot in the
>> arm" for struggling newbies was better than any "A", an inspiration like
> > no other... it gave one hope.
> > Marcie
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