Dear Aspiring Photographers

photographers as photo archivists

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers I think a new job oppurtunity has emerged in these FB discussions about how to earn a living with photography in a time when everyone is taking their own photographs. I wonder if some of you might consider offering an archiving service to people who are making…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – IX

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, All that I have been saying about Cinema, Literature and Music is encapsulated in this brilliant essay: "Thou Art Sick - Intuition, the Inner Detective" by Aveek Sen in the Telegraph. "I think that intuition, the detective in us," says Lynch, "puts things together in a way…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – comfort zones – VIII

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, My third advice to you is to GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. This is something I learned from Photojournalism, having to go into worlds that I otherwise may not have ventured into, and being open to all that CHANCE brings. For example, I went to photograph…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – cinema – III

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, Along with my second advice to focus on literature, I would also suggest the study of Cinema. To see and 'study' as many classics as you can, again as a way of enlarging your life experience but also a way to understand narrative, lighting, framing, editing and…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – on reading – II

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, My second advice to you is to READ. To read the history of the medium, of course (Geoff Dyer, John Szakowski, Sontag, Barthes...) but also fiction, poetry, non fiction, shayari, biography: what ever your interests are, but do read. Read to gather that immense life experience to…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – jobs -I

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, My first advice to you is, please get a job. Yes, photography is magical and addictive and a language of its own, thats why we all get hooked. When one cannot find the words, there is always a photograph. But it's challenging times ahead for Photography as…