Monday, 19 March 2007

Charles Traub: Advice for Photographers

Charles Traub is the chairman of the School of Visual Arts’s photography MFA program, and Popular Photography's blog has recently published his closing remarks from a panel discussion about photography at the Aperture Foundation in New York.

Among his advice to "young" photographers are these two gems; one is tongue in cheek, while the other is serious:

Do it sharp—if you can’t, call it art.

Don’t photograph indigent people—especially in foreign lands.

You can read the rest here.

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