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The Lessons I’ve Learned while Teaching Photography
Anyone can do great things with photography, from getting involved with analogue formats — which teach us to be slow-paced and patient photographers in this highly dynamic digital world — to getting close to people with the excuse of making some photographs, only to end up listening to their magnificent life stories. Photography has been generous to me and given me countless beautiful experiences, and the most recent one happens to be the most meaningful in my life so far. This experience is simply called “teaching” (in a formal way), and it has allowed me to make photography easier to understand for other enthusiasts and newcomers.
It makes sense for a photography writer like myself to eventually stumble into academic entities, and this year I’ve had the beautiful opportunity to teach an entire photography course at a design specialized university in my country. Each lesson is 5 hours long, so managing time has been a challenge. Today I want to share with you some of my most thrilling teaching experiences.
Students are curious about things that no longer delight me
After 9 years walking along this road of light, some things are not so thrilling for me anymore, like achieving certain looks using aperture or shutter speed settings. I’m currently more drawn to meaning and aesthetic. But my students are still…
