1. name, phone #, and e-mail:
my name is emmie. you can ask me for contact info whenever necessary.
2. What’s your major? What year will you graduate?
i'm majoring in photography, and doing so pretty slowly.. thus all i can say about a graduation date is that it's definitely a few years down the road.
3. Why did you choose a photography class (or photography as a major), and what do you hope to learn from school in general and this class specifically?
i very well may be a living definition of the word indecisive, save for the one thing i have always loved and surrounded myself with: photography. deciding to major in photography took no time at all, and i don't think i'll be someone who ever changes my mind and cease to pursue photo in school. in my classes i hope to further my knowledge of not only equipment and tools for photography, but the various aspects and ideals of accomplished photographers. for this class specifically i presume i'll already be more than familiar with the materials we will learn, but look forward to even more so embedding these things into my second nature.
4. What are your goals after graduation? Please list your goals in reverse order, starting five years out, then three, two, one, and six months.
i'm the worst at making any kind of future plans, both short and long term. i guess a rough estimate might be that five years from now i will be either at grad school, preferably school of visual art in ny, ny, or on my final steps toward getting to grad school. three years from now i hope to have a start to some kind of portfolio i can be proud of, as well as at least one internship experience.. unrelated to photography, i'd like to be in a respected position in the sigma zeta chapter of chi omega here on campus. two years, hopefully a good gpa and a successful, steady continuation of classes needed to graduate tamuc. one year, a more developed, mature attitude towards being a successful student in general. six months, out of the classes i am having to retake because of poor choices made in the past.
5. What artists, musicians, photographers, writers, movies, books have influenced you/your work?
artists: everyone loves andy warhol, and all the classic artists who changed the world of art.. claude monet, piccaso, etc.
musicians: anyone who sings along to the music in their car and does it with passion. also, jack johnson, lil wayne (because he goes to the studio as if it were a day job, and creates his own music and lyrics), the octopus project, why?, neutral milk hotel, coldplay, old blink 182, everyone likes the beatles... and also anything nineties alternative, or even the crappy pop music i used to love as a kid.
photographers: i love tierny gearon, she's controversial without trying to be and experimental in her photography without being targeted as someone merely copying another artist.
writers: anyone who writes against the rules of "correct formats" and uses more than enough descriptive words so you have no choice but to be thrown into the world created by their writing, while hearing the conscious they create through their words.
movies: all things from grandma's boy to for love of the game to babel to being john malcovitch to the notebook, and of course the answer everyone gives- fight club. also, numerous documentaries and movies in black and white. anything will farrell, except the ice skating and soccer coach ones... the only movie i ever walked out of in a theater was ghost rider; nicholas cage is such a terrible actor and the movie was even worse.
books: lord of the flies, the chosen, a million little pieces (i don't care if it's "fake", it's written brilliantly), beautiful boy, cloudy with a chance of meatballs.
6. Where do you get information about current national and international events?
the east texan newspaper. otherwise i go to my grandpa for information, because i can't stand to watch the news on tv because i don't like to hear about the car wrecks and burgluraries and other various petty crimes that show how crappy our society can be to one another. call it immature, i don't mind.
7. Are there any important websites that you are referencing for art/photo competitions and/or information?
none in particular. i love when nicholas minton shares all the cool websites he runs across with me. i use deviantart but that's nothing special.
8. What museums and/or galleries have you been to in the past year?
fort worth museum of modern art, kimbell, dallas museum of art... i can't remember his name right now but there was an artist who did these spectacular sculptures of people of all ages and scales.. his work included attention paid to every little hair and freckle and detail of the skin, he used a mold that looked true to real skin and placed each hair in it's spot one by one with tweezers and painted the skin spots and details of that sort with precision unlike any other i'd ever seen. dang i wish i could remember his name.
9. Have you had any photo projects and/ or training in the past?
i took this class previously with another teacher last fall semester, both introductory and contemporary photo history, visual conceptions, as well as high school photo classes and three years on yearbook staff at mckinney high school as a photographer and one year in a leader position for the photography staff as photo editor.
10. What is the value of art for the artist?
never the same as the value to the viewer.
11. What is the value of art for the audience?
never the same as the value to the artist.
12. Is photography a vocation or an avocation?
i think the beauty is that they go hand in hand. professionals almost always pursue it as a hobby as well and a good number of people who use photography as a hobby often offer services for friends and family, or try selling their prints as small time free lance.
13. What is your passion?
photography, and through photography trying to capture the beauty of the hidden secrets and wonders of the world and the people that live in this world. plus i really like crossword puzzles and doodling, finding things in people that make them who they are, anything chi omega related, baseball- specifically the yankees, driving without any particular destination, going to the park or getting lost in nature, science museums, gatorade.
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.. What are you afraid of? What makes you uncomfortable?
i'm afraid of failure, but i'm okay with it when i don't always succeed. i know it hardly makes sense. i hate the dark and picky eaters and people with bad grammar make me uncomfortable.
nope. the one time i've ever left the country was when my mother took a trip to england while pregnant with me. i was there, but i never got to see a thing.
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