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>From: "George Sinos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead) >Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:12:42 -0500 > >If the mission of a community college is to prepare students for the >workplace, training them in the skills of darkroom technique, as >opposed to photoshop and digital phtography really misses the point. > >When resources are scarce, you have to focus on your goals. > >See you later, gs >http://georgesphotos.net > >On 8/3/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > > > Several professors I know who teach photography around the USA and in > > > Europe at prominent universities/colleges were telling me four/five > > > years ago that their school administration had closed down funding > > > for new film cameras/wet lab equipment and were putting plans in > > > place to replace all of their equipment with digital cameras, image > > > processing workstations, etc. I think film/wet lab courses by now are > > > the exception rather than the rule in most college photography >programs. > > > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > > > I think you're probably right. Very few schools that I've looked into > > lately have had traditional photo courses. Many have canceled their > > photography courses altogether, or reduced them to one or two electives > > in an arts program. > > > > A few years ago, when we were living in St. Louis, the community college > > offered photo courses that required darkroom work. These courses often > > filled well before the start of the semester. They still offer the > > course but I don't know anything about the enrollment anymore. The > > Harrisburg Community College (near our current home) still offers > > traditional photo courses with darkroom work. These courses fill to > > capacity often within a few days. My latest inquiry resulted in an > > offer to be put on a waiting list longer than twice the size limit of > > the class. > > > > There is a publicly available darkroom at an arts center about 20 miles > > from here. They recommend a reservation if you want to use the facility > > on the weekend. > > > > But still, most schools aren't even offering the courses anymore. With > > the demand around here (not exactly a major metropolitan area), I can't > > help but wonder why not. > > > > -- > > Scott Loveless > > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
