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Night Fever Series, 1979
Posted on September 23, 2010
After participating in the first class of the semester for your Introduction to Photography seminar, I believe that this will be a very meaningful course of study for every student enrolled. It was clear to me that you are very engaged with the study of photography and that you are eager to help your students find their own voice in a medium that you care about deeply. I thought the presentation of your own work was timely and that you made a wise choice by showing images that you created when you were roughly the same age as your students. Every person in the class (including me!) was paying complete attention to what you were describing and I think that says a lot about the way you carried yourself as an instructor.
Night Fever Series, 1979 Photo By Tony Ward
The lecture was a good length; it was in depth but not overwhelming. I think the key to this class will be to disseminate the appropriate information for the assignment but to not overwhelm everyone with too much at once. As evident by the students who stayed after class to chat with you longer, I think the overall tone of the class was positive and that everyone seemed excited by the prospect of creating images.
With all of this said, the only concern I have relates to the delineation of information in the class. I know that you are a very technical photographer and that you know so much about the medium that it is easy to get wrapped up in over-describing the process to the students. They don’t need to know everything at once; I know that you want all of them to have as much information as possible in order to help them but they need to get comfortable with the basics first. My only advice would be to try and keep everything as simple as possible.
Night Fever Series, 1979
I honestly thought that you really did a wonderful job; especially considering it was your first time teaching ever! I am excited to be working with you this semester and I hope you will not hesitate to ask if there is anything I can do to be of help to you.
yoko grosshans
September 28th, 2010 at 10:53
caitlin, u are incredibly lucky to be TW’s assistant to his first endeavor of which i am aware, his history of photographic experience makes u a lucky gal and ur insights are obviously greatly appreciated by tony….this will only help himself and his students in getting the most out of his teachings in the art of photography,,,,
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