Feb 13 2009

Burn Down the Utterly Useless Photo Schools!

Category: ViewpointEthan G. Salwen @ 11:43 am

ACMF_NG_015So, as a community of photographers dedicated to the health of community, what do we do about the fact that photography schools are utterly useless? Personally, I think we should stop the insanity. How? Simple. Let’s all head to the nearest photography school, poor a few thousand gallons of gas on it, and then flick a match on the out-dated, out-of touch institution.

No, no, I’m not an anarchist, and I certainly don’t want anyone to get hurt. But, it’s not an exaggeration to say that people are getting hurt by being lead to believe that professional photography skills are best learned in a photography school.

Wiping out photography schools would invigorate the entire community. Only two backwards-thinking groups of people would Continue reading “Burn Down the Utterly Useless Photo Schools!”

Tags: , , ,


Feb 09 2009

Photography Schools are Utterly Useless

Category: ViewpointEthan G. Salwen @ 11:38 am

ACMF_NG_013This one goes out to all of you who are considering going to a photography school. Also, just as important, to all of you who get asked for advice about attending one. I’m also reaching out to all of you who care about the health of the image-making industry as a whole.

My message is the fact is that we need to destroy photography schools, which are utterly useless, totally out-of-date and totally out-of-touch institutions.

The simple fact is that photography schools Continue reading “Photography Schools are Utterly Useless”

Tags: , , ,