I am just finishing up an intensive week of teaching at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. My students took a big leap of faith together and the results were phenomenal. A few observations about the week:
- A group dynamic, when it's a supportive one, can propel photography work forward at an incredibly rapid rate. The process of sharing, showing and talking changes the work, usually for the better.
- Letting go of the outcome when working also changes the work for the better.
- Just doing something, imperfectly, is best. Shoot first, think later.
- And in the thoughtful words of Henri Cartier-Bresson, in relation to creating memorable images, "You have to milk the cow quite a lot and get plenty of milk to get a little cheese."
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