My time has been pretty hectic so far, as college keeps me busy 99% of the time - I take two history/ theory classes, and one studio practice class, whilst also working at the university for 20 hours a week. I manage and oversee the digital print lab for half of the time, and assist the Professor in teaching an Introduction to Photojournalism for the other half of the time. I mostly work one on one with students, helping them with technical issues they have with their cameras, and with helping them with Photoshop.
I have the entire day off from college on Fridays, which I use to go out filming/ photographing. I was out on friday for 4 or 5 hours, so I have a huge lot of photographs, as well as some short video clips to edit from then, but here are some photos from my previous trips:
To put it very simply: I am looking at America, and American culture from an outsiders perspective. At the moment, I am not focussing on a particular aspect of the culture that fascinates me, but rather on the culture as a whole. Through this I hope to develop a few strongly focussed projects (One subject I think I may focus on is religion), to produce through out my time here.
I also have some video footage, although I am not sure how much I like it at the moment. Once I am shooting footage I am happier with, I will start to put it up here.
Over the week end, as part of my teaching, I am taking part in the Photojournalism departments annual Weekend Workshop, where a group of students, Professors, and invited photographers go and stay in a small town in Southern Illinois, whilst documenting various events and places within the town. This year we will be going to Harrisburg, which is about an hours drive from Carbondale, and three of the invited photographers are Pulitzer prize winners. At the end of the workshop, a book is created, from a selection of the images shot over the week end, and is presented to the town. I am super excited about this!
