Re: It's not worth the risk

["Lee Tarpley" <tarpley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > i'm really dying to push trough with this project.  but i'm having
> > second thoughts.  i don't have the money or the time to screw up. i
> > can only afford to import 30 rolls of HIE and i only have until august
> > next year to pull this through.  now my question is....is it wise to
> > go ahead and d o it, or should i just forget about it and just try IR
> > later on in my life?    whether or not i graduate on september '99
> > depends on this project.  hope you guys could help me with this. 
> > thanks!!!
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> I say, since this is your shot at your degree, that you don't spend 
> this year experimenting/learning about how to shoot, print and 
> develop HIE and not have a degree at the end of it all.
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One purpose of graduate school is additional specialized training. The
Master's degree is intended to provide an introduction to independent use
of the critical skills needed to operate at an advanced level. Although it
would be a disappointment, and a spot on the resume, for a student not to
produce any adequate photographs, the student will have progressed
adequately, in my opinion, if they can demonstrate with confidence that
they, through their ability/skills to appropriately and thoroughly attack a
problem, have a high probability of successfully obtaining photographs in
the near future based on their own initiative. In my non-photographer's
opinion, to spend the year experimenting/learning about how to shoot, print
and develop HIE with the anticipation of being able to document the skills
gained (the photo essay) is compatible with the concept of the Master's
degree. The student should talk with the potential thesis advisor ahead of
time to understand the advisor's philosophy concerning the Master's and
their overall support of the HIE project.

Lee Tarpley
tarpley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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